vulnwire
7.5high

CVE-2017-5835

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

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.9%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known

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

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.93% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/96022 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • github.com /libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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