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CVE-2017-5835

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2017-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.

Affected products

• UIKit0 libplist: all versions

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html

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