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high 7.5

CVE-2017-5836 json

The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer…

published 2017-03-03 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14913

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.

Patch / fix

  • libplist Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5836

  • libplist SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +3 more 1.12-19.1
  • libplist SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +3 more 1.8-10.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1379-1SUSE-SU-2017:1368-1

  • libplist Arch Linux 2.0.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-215

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5836 updated cvss 4.4

libplist: Type inconsistency in bplist.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libplist, libplist-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libplist, libplist-python
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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