Bug 2553981 - CVE-2026-111269 libical: libical: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in icalvalue_decode_ical_string() [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-111269 libical: libical: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in...
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Status: ON_QA
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libical
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Milan Crha
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["24c5d748-6911-4b22-8a5f-4...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-111269
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Reported: 2026-10-16 07:59 UTC by Samuele Negrini
Modified: 2026-10-21 02:50 UTC (History)
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Github libical libical pull 1455 0 None Merged icalvalue.c, icallangbind_p.c - fix reads past the end of a string 2026-10-20 13:06:55 UTC
Github libical/libical/security/advisories/GHSA-7m37-jcw4-mgw5 0 None None None 2026-10-20 13:01:52 UTC

Description Samuele Negrini 2026-10-16 07:59:12 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

libical through 4.0.6 contains a heap-based out-of-bounds read in icalvalue_decode_ical_string() in src/libical/icalvalue.c when decoding input ending in a backslash. Attackers can supply escaped iCalendar text with a trailing backslash, causing the loop to read past the terminator and crash the application or leak adjacent heap memory.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-10-20 13:38:01 UTC
FEDORA-2026-9616ace61b (libical-3.0.20-11.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9616ace61b

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-10-20 13:39:35 UTC
FEDORA-2026-feebb9861c (libical-3.0.20-9.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-feebb9861c

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-10-20 13:46:23 UTC
FEDORA-2026-13d6a67e0d (libical-3.0.20-6.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-13d6a67e0d

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-10-21 01:59:13 UTC
FEDORA-2026-9616ace61b has been pushed to the Fedora 45 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-9616ace61b`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9616ace61b

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-10-21 02:22:46 UTC
FEDORA-2026-feebb9861c has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-feebb9861c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-feebb9861c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-10-21 02:50:28 UTC
FEDORA-2026-13d6a67e0d has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-13d6a67e0d`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-13d6a67e0d

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.


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