Libplist
CVE-2017-5835
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.99%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Allocation of Resources Without Limits vulnerability could allow attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.
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This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero. Affected products include: Libimobiledevice Libplist.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_unicode_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local
The main function in plistutil.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive informat
The base64decode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive inf
The parse_string_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of ser
The parse_string_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of ser
The base64encode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service
The parse_data_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of servi
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_string_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local
The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors in
The parse_dict_node function in bplist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap r
Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote
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