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

Published 2017-01-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libimobiledevice Libplist

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/87 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95702 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html (mailing-list)

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.