CVE-2017-5545

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5545
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5545.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5545
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-01-21T01:59:00.170Z
Modified
2026-07-08T11:48:41.096630Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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
Fixed
7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

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

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T11:48:41Z"
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5545.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "tools/plistutil.c",
            "function": "main"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "length": 1186.0,
            "function_hash": "215229012858047104723625881649240712316"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2017-5545-19a8f293",
        "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee",
        "signature_version": "v1"
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "tools/plistutil.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "258948382834452506214063809245523802752",
                "186610564183792996153831494707095801239",
                "146331972165227783761996204000359528502",
                "151150956876872385014408689861877055924"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2017-5545-b73054cd",
        "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee",
        "signature_version": "v1"
    }
]