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high 7.3

CVE-2026-116260 json

libimobiledevice AFC Service afc.c service_receive double free

published 14d ago modified 10d ago also EUVD-2026-109776

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A weakness has been identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This issue affects the function service_receive of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to double free. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-116260 updated cvss 7.3

libimobiledevice: libimobiledevice: Denial of Service via double free in service_receive

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libimobiledevice-utils, libimobiledevice-python, libimobiledevice 0.9.7-4.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libimobiledevice 0.9.7-4.el6
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libimobiledevice-python, libimobiledevice 0.9.7-4.el6
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
10d ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bohmid-com.vercel.app https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeup referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CNA 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CNA 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C
CNA 4.0 5.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a libimobiledevice

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-415 Double Free
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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