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CVE-2017-5836

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% 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-415

Description

The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.

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/86
• 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/86

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