CVE-2017-5836 — Vulnetix

CVE-2017-5836 PUBLISHED

The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.

EPSS 0.27% · 51.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.27%

51.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	libplist	0, 1.12-3.1, 1.12-3.1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Exploit Intelligence

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/86 (circl)
96022 (circl)
[oss-security] 20170131 CVE request: multiples vulnerabilities in libplist (circl)
[oss-security] 20170202 Re: CVE request: multiples vulnerabilities in libplist (circl)

Timeline

Mar 3, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
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Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
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Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5836 third-party-advisory
https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148601478217591&w=2 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5836 third-party-advisory

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