What is CVE-2017-7982?

CVE-2017-7982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-7982?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Libimobiledevice Libplist

CVE-2017-7982

Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted plist file.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (70.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libimobiledevice Libplist
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7982?: CVE-2017-7982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libimobiledevice Libplist, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-7982?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.