Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-9584

critical

CVE-2016-9584

libical: Use-after-free

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Red Hat9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).

Description

libical allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly read heap memory via a crafted ics file.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libical33.0.1-1
debian 12libical33.0.1-1
debian 13libical33.0.1-1
debian 14libical33.0.1-1
debian 7libical0.48-2+deb7u1
debian 8libicalno fix listed
debian 9libicalno fix listed
echolibical33.0.1-1
Red Hatcompat-libical1, libical, libical-devel and 3 moreno fix listed
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibicalno fix listed
Show all 15 entries from 10 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libical33.0.1-1
debian 12libical33.0.1-1
debian 13libical33.0.1-1
debian 14libical33.0.1-1
debian 7libical0.48-2+deb7u1
debian 8libicalno fix listed
debian 9libicalno fix listed
echolibical33.0.1-1
Red Hatcompat-libical1no fix listed
Red Hatlibicalno fix listed
Red Hatlibical-develno fix listed
Red Hatlibical-glibno fix listed
Red Hatlibical-glib-develno fix listed
Red Hatlibical-glib-docno fix listed
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibicalno fix listed

References

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