CVE-2017-6438

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6438
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6438.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6438
Downstream
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Published
2017-03-15T14:59:01Z
Modified
2026-08-18T11:36:33Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist
Events
Introduced
27ed36c03297713d2cfa79431cdc8105602e80c2
Last Affected
27ed36c03297713d2cfa79431cdc8105602e80c2
Database specific
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{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:libplist_project:libplist:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "1.12"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "1.12"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6438.json"