Vulnerability CVE-2016-5827
Published: 2017-01-27   Modified: 2017-01-28

Description:
The icaltime_from_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string function.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Libical project -> Libical 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91459
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281043
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