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CVE-2017-5545

libplist: Out-of-bounds heap buffer read in plistutil

Published Modified CWE 125
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Red Hat4.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (low).

Description

The main function in plistutil.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via Apple Property List data that is too short.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 12libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 13libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 14libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 7libplist1.8-1+deb7u1
debian 8libplist1.11-3+deb8u1
echolibplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
Red Hatlibplist, libplist-devel, libplist-pythonno fix listed
Show all 10 entries from 8 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 12libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 13libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 14libplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
debian 7libplist1.8-1+deb7u1
debian 8libplist1.11-3+deb8u1
echolibplist1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.1
Red Hatlibplistno fix listed
Red Hatlibplist-develno fix listed
Red Hatlibplist-pythonno fix listed

References

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