CVE-2017-6437

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6437
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6437.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6437
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-03-15T14:59:01.027Z
Modified
2026-04-16T01:42:02.083567384Z
Severity
  • 5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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
Last affected
27ed36c03297713d2cfa79431cdc8105602e80c2
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libplist_project:libplist:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

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

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6437.json"