CVE-2016-5824 (GCVE-0-2016-5824)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-27 22:01 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:15
VLAI
Summary
libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-06-25 00:00
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