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.

Published 2017-03-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libimobiledevice Libplist

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022 (vdb-entry)
github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html (mailing-list)

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.