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CVE-2017-6440

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6440 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the parse_data_node function of libimobiledevice libplist 1.12. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a memory allocation error by providing a specially crafted plist file. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.0, the vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to achieve a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libplist_project:libplist:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 381 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (2)

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 (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6440Low

libplist: Memory allocation error in parse_data_node

Feb 24, 2017

References

github.com / libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/99
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97583