What is CVE-2017-5836?

CVE-2017-5836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5836?

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

Double Free in Libimobiledevice Libplist

CVE-2017-5836

The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.027 (84.1th 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-415 — Double Free

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5836?: CVE-2017-5836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5836?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.