{"id":"CVE-2017-6437","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6437","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:51:09.848Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2017-03-15T14:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:22:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["libplist project/libplist"],"epss":{"score":0.00443,"percentile":0.3833,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97291","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/100","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97291","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/100","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6437","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}