UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5209

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5209
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5209.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5209
Upstream
Published
2017-01-11T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:06Z
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
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

The base64decode function in base64.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 split encoded Apple Property List data.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libplist

Package

Name
libplist
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libplist@1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.12-3.1
1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libplist++-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libplist++3v5",
            "binary_version": "1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libplist-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libplist-utils",
            "binary_version": "1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libplist3",
            "binary_version": "1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-plist",
            "binary_version": "1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}