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

Published 2017-04-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libimobiledevice Libplist

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/103 (VDB Entry)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html (mailing-list)

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.