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medium 5.5

CVE-2017-7982 json

Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause…

published 2017-04-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16952

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted plist file.

Patch / fix

  • libplist Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7982

  • libplist Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.10-1ubuntu0.1
  • libplist Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7982

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 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-413

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-2017-7982 updated cvss 3.3

libplist: Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function

  • 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

1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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