CVE-2017-5209

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5209
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5209.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5209
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-01-11T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-15T09:00:05.269688Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The base64decode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via split encoded Apple Property List data.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3a55ddd3c4c11ce75a86afbefd085d8d397ff957

Affected versions

1.*

1.10
1.11
1.12
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9

Other

libplist_rc1
libplist_rc2

v0.*

v0.10
v0.11
v0.12
v0.13
v0.14
v0.15
v0.16
v0.8
v0.9

v1.*

v1.0
v1.1
v1.2
v1.3

Database specific

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2017-5209-1b04a25d",
        "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/3a55ddd3c4c11ce75a86afbefd085d8d397ff957",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "base64decode_block",
            "file": "src/base64.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "164416114173449785052596918650529102812",
            "length": 729.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2017-5209-d3630cbf",
        "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/3a55ddd3c4c11ce75a86afbefd085d8d397ff957",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "base64decode",
            "file": "src/base64.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "314486086675054524749796715941231905944",
            "length": 658.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "id": "CVE-2017-5209-dc023237",
        "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/3a55ddd3c4c11ce75a86afbefd085d8d397ff957",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/base64.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "239040744115479419632818748228030113667",
                "239151059618535891206466436112546525001",
                "97731862824062919057308455431344175598",
                "30650512705403105896667223673607359730",
                "291838965193715168448917716115053422315",
                "308863945989836193210279606555966994293",
                "34314351547154017379610223230261482821",
                "310557289465673334055352687656249057299",
                "180959000069098339479882196497212630791",
                "59322325731085695585244485288401991679",
                "275261879230748627463257519375964553283",
                "164800063748490629613931335506483790310",
                "219251704469664386360402229855305694118",
                "168275799113560374954757021975714952282",
                "265004936740479649998405059790892969353",
                "194583676181820308939854176457239894274",
                "315259718620221101545167140023066991205",
                "149573202446606088192324053300999467379",
                "337559915995281451340440391372121075160",
                "305629769045226625454616343998526143001",
                "174571737920233305568737932226433314494",
                "279645789977165795203969079161932872034",
                "278734323335013723831670581492624244476",
                "79368994530777510680142188368159762177",
                "234855901578990834872306046388906378983",
                "155900340092001441691623585699145184240",
                "124136027867016086000070617565358360953",
                "187791034021908587935874648234331712886",
                "279960807316640387088164946547967777483",
                "76768202509037647150108493931852435429",
                "314003989143080662758158254980281836307",
                "24925598576850167784793979386230326316",
                "125833897800010338204847699667352917373",
                "22223243848124637780017599837192504900",
                "8626409113061232740650840249896403346",
                "22393312180091040974105257849429511749",
                "247405529704144462619662123274660164632",
                "137547322009934543442132452812063134655",
                "60324518364767997232863300755430803103",
                "61292131773657112856981355300560320840",
                "149291392303292719765607095266975288724",
                "103308908888133779983489287072541978635",
                "12255389452065962405750623661642883889",
                "130553747984377306629957231891779762062",
                "162582290999820086271282860898160120395",
                "122298633604160890822172102234022981734",
                "26611477329444989863547466171604912988",
                "278331190281788673533426845412863501092",
                "114128912607050934920504135266173650364",
                "200674945667808137895837401813019301785"
            ]
        },
        "deprecated": false
    }
]