CVE-2017-6437
Published: 15 March 2017
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.
Priority
Negligible
CVSS 3 base score: 5.0
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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libplist Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.2)
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
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Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/dccd9290745345896e3a4a73154576a599fd8b7b |
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| ratliff | vanilla 1.12 does not suffer this issue, it was most likely introduced during the post-1.12 refactoring of parse_bin_node |