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CVE-2016-5823

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

The icalproperty_new_clone function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file.

Affected products

• Libical Project Libical: 0.47, 1.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-02
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-02

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