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CVE-2017-5209

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The base64decode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via split encoded Apple Property List data.

Affected products

• UIKit0 libplist: through 1.12

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95385
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/3a55ddd3c4c11ce75a86afbefd085d8d397ff957
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95385
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/3a55ddd3c4c11ce75a86afbefd085d8d397ff957
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html

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