Name | CVE-2016-5824 |
Description | libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-959-1 |
Debian Bugs | 860451 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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libical (PTS) | jessie | 1.0-1.3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.0.0-0.5 | vulnerable |
thunderbird (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:91.10.0-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1:128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:128.5.2esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - libical <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libical <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Original report: https://github.com/libical/libical/issues/235
Reopened at: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275400
Reproducer: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8757553
Related upstream ticket: https://github.com/libical/libical/issues/286
Related upstream ticket: https://github.com/libical/libical/issues/251
Whilst the upstream commits in issues/251 fix the issue of #251 itself
they do not fix the bugzilla.mozilla.org case 1275400 which was assigned
in https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/#CVE-2016-5824
thunderbird uses embedded libical copy