Use After Free Affecting libplist package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBPLIST-1986548
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Jan 2017

Introduced: 15 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5836  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libplist.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libplist package and not the libplist package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.