CVE-2017-5545 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00946.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Libimobiledevice	Libplist

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-811-1	libplist security update
Debian DLA	DLA-2168-1	libplist security update
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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95702
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/87
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5545
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5545

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00413}`	epss `{'score': 0.00416}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-21T01:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-5545

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5545

Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2017-5545 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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