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CVE-2017-5835

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5835 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libplist, a library used by products like libimobiledevice. Attackers can trigger a large memory allocation and crash by providing an offset size of zero. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0293 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16913-16823Fixed in: 2.1.0-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 libplist 2.1.0-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 2.1.0-4
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libplist
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libplist

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2017-Mar/CVE-2017-5835Important

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

Mar 14, 2017
redhatCVE-2017-5835Low

libplist: Memory allocation error

Jan 18, 2017

References

github.com / libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/88
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96022