CVE-2017-6439

medium

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.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/95

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120dd

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97278

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-15

Updated: 2017-04-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium