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CVE-2016-5104

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5104 describes a vulnerability in the socket_create function within libimobiledevice and libusbmuxd, affecting products like canonical and opensuse. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and communicate with services on iOS devices via IPv4 TCP sockets. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure (I:L) but not impacting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libimobiledevice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libusbmuxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: usbmuxd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libimobiledevice
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: usbmuxd

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5104Low

libimobiledevice: Sockets listening on INADDR_ANY

Dec 29, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00042.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00029.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/commit/df1f5c4d70d0c19ad40072f5246ca457e7f9849e
github.com / libimobiledevice/libusbmuxd/commit/4397b3376dc4e4cb1c991d0aed61ce6482614196
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00027.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00028.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/6
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3026-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3026-2