| Name | CVE-2016-5827 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libical (PTS) | jessie | 1.0-1.3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.0.0-0.5 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libical | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - libical <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libical <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - libical <no-dsa> (Low prio according to upstream)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281043
This issue fixed by the commits referenced via https://github.com/libical/libical/issues/251
https://github.com/libical/libical/commit/38757abb495ea6cb40faa5418052278bf75040f7
https://github.com/libical/libical/commit/04d84749e53db08c71ed0ce8b6ba5c11082743cd
https://github.com/libical/libical/commit/830d9530817516377c2bc3b532798ce2c6b4765a