CVE-2017-6435

The parsestringnode function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) 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

Fixed

fbd8494d5e4e46bf2e90cb6116903e404374fb56

Database specific

{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libplist_project:libplist:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.12"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*

1.12

Database specific

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/fbd8494d5e4e46bf2e90cb6116903e404374fb56",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "166617824543065401546292462610535510105",
                "151939609487479776985276108744903120935",
                "24133642741013801621014912325641290436",
                "37113499254304029301144506171486364652"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2017-6435-15f9e459",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/bplist.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/fbd8494d5e4e46bf2e90cb6116903e404374fb56",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "131114131073426878372943962157941285538",
            "length": 355.0
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2017-6435-c2e66383",
        "target": {
            "function": "parse_string_node",
            "file": "src/bplist.c"
        }
    }
]

vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-07-08T16:53:09Z"

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6435.json"