CVE•Published 2017-01-18•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-9584Libical_project · Libical
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
libical allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly read heap memory via a crafted ics file.
Timeline
Published 2017-01-18
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-9584Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Libical Project Libical"All exposed Libical Project Libical instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Libical"HTTP body or banner mentions "Libical" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-9584Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-9584Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-9584Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-9584GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-9584" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-9584 on GitHub.