CVE-2017-6439
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_string_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted plist file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_string_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted plist file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 46th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- libplist project/libplist
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% 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.securityfocus.com/bid/97278
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120ddPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/95Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97278
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120ddPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/95Exploit, 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.