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vulnerability

Arch Linux: Information disclosure (CVE-2017-5209)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 11, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The base64decode function in base64.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 split encoded Apple Property List data.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest
Title
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