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libimobiledevice — security advisory
A vulnerability was detected in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. The affected element is the function webinspector_receive_with_timeout of the file src/webinspector.c of the component Web Inspector. The manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- Products
- libimobiledevice
- Affected versions
- 1.3.0+git20240701-1, 1.3.0+git20240701-1~exp1, 1.3.0+git20240701-2, 1.3.0+git20240701-3, 1.3.0+git20240701-4, 1.3.0+git20250228-1, 1.3.0+git20250228-2, 1.3.0+git20250907-1, 1.3.0-6, 1.3.0-7, 1.3.0-7.1, 1.3.0-8, 1.3.0-8.1, 1.4.0-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-116262
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability was detected in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. The affected element is the function webinspector_receive_with_timeout of the file src/webinspector.c of the component Web Inspector. The manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116262
libimobiledevice
Fixed versions: Not specified
libimobiledevice
Fixed versions: Not specified
libimobiledevice
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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