CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6438
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_unicode_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly code execution via a crafted plist file.
Affected configurations
• libplist project libplist 1.12
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97281 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/98 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97281 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/98 Exploit, Third Party Advisory