CVE-2017-6438

high

Published 2017-03-15 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.3

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_unicode_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly code execution via a crafted plist file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

72%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`2.0.0-1`
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.2`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.2`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libplist_project	libplist	`1.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.