What is CVE-2017-5835?

CVE-2017-5835 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5835?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Libimobiledevice Libplist

CVE-2017-5835

libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.

EPSS: 0.029 (85.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libimobiledevice Libplist
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5835?: CVE-2017-5835 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5835?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.