What is CVE-2017-5545?

CVE-2017-5545 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2017-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-5545?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libimobiledevice Libplist

CVE-2017-5545

The main function in plistutil.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 Apple Property List data that is too short.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.038 (88.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libimobiledevice Libplist
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5545?: CVE-2017-5545 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2017-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-5545?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.