| Name | CVE-2017-6436 |
| Description | The parse_string_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted plist file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2168-1, DLA-870-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libplist (PTS) | buster | 2.0.1~git20190104.3f96731-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bullseye | 2.2.0-6 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.2.0-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/94
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120dd