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CVE-2026-88383

libical: libical: Denial of Service via crafted iCalendar property parsing

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 24, 2026

Updated · October 7, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libical. When parsing calendar data containing parameterized properties, the library improperly invokes an internal search callback due to a function pointer mismatch. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted iCalendar data to an application using libical, causing the process to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-843 · Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')