What is CVE-2016-5104?

CVE-2016-5104 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-5104?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-5104 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Libimobiledevice

CVE-2016-5104

The socket_create function in common/socket.c in libimobiledevice and libusbmuxd allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and communicate with services on iOS devices by connecting to an IPv4 TCP socket.

Published 2016-06-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (86.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libimobiledevice
Libimobiledevice Libusbmuxd
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
openSUSE — versions 13.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3026-1 (vendor-advisory)
github.com/libimobiledevice/libusbmuxd/commit/4397b3376dc4e4cb1c991d0aed61ce648…
github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/commit/df1f5c4d70d0c19ad40072f5246…
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/1 (mailing-list)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00042.html (vendor-advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3026-2 (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/6 (mailing-list)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00027.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5104?: CVE-2016-5104 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-5104?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5104 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.