vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary command execution (CVE-2017-6438)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 15, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_unicode_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly code execution via a crafted plist file.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest
Title
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