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CVE-2017-5836

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5836 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the plist_free_data function of libplist, affecting libimobiledevice and libplist. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted integer node that is mishandled, leading to an invalid free and system crash. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no user interaction or privileges, but has no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

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
2.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0266 is in the 72nd 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-2017-5836Important

The plist_free_data function libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service

Mar 14, 2017
redhatCVE-2017-5836Low

libplist: Type inconsistency in bplist.c

Jan 15, 2017

References

github.com / libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/86
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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