UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5826

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5826

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5826.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5826

Upstream

CVE-2016-5826

Published

2017-01-27T22:59:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:43:48Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - negligible

Summary

[none]

Details

The parsergetnextchar function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) by crafting a string to the icalparserparse_string function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libical

Package

Name: libical
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libical@1.0.1-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1-0ubuntu1

1.0.1-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libical-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libical1a",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-0ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / libical

Package

Name: libical
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libical@2.0.0-4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0-0.5

2.0.0-0.5build1

2.0.0-1ubuntu1

2.0.0-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libical2",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libical2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0-4"
        }
    ]
}