Description
The main function in plistutil.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 Apple Property List data that is too short.
Published: 2017-01-21
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-811-1 libplist security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2168-1 libplist security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14646 The main function in plistutil.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 Apple Property List data that is too short.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00413}

epss

{'score': 0.00416}


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Libimobiledevice Libplist
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.311Z

Reserved: 2017-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5545

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-21T01:59:00.170

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5545

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5545 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses