CVE-2017-5835
libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.93% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- libimobiledevice/libplist
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.