vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-5545)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jan 21, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 21, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-5545
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5545
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95702
- URL-https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee
- URL-https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/87
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201705-18
- CWE-125
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