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CVE-2017-7982

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7982 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the plist_from_bin function within libplist, a component of libimobiledevice, affecting versions prior to 2017-04-19. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with the primary impact being high availability loss. 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
<= 1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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-2017-7982Low

libplist: Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function

Apr 18, 2017

References

github.com / libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/103
VDB Entry
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html