Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libimobiledevice/libplist package, versions [,1.12]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBIMOBILEDEVICELIBPLIST-2366558
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6437  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libimobiledevice/libplist.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The base64encode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted plist file.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1