Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6439",
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    "title": "CVE-2017-6439",
    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_string_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted plist file.",
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                "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120dd",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:15:48.993438368Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html",
        "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/32ee5213fe64f1e10ec76c1ee861ee6f233120dd",
        "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/95"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387416,
  "published_at": "2017-03-15T14:59:01.087+00:00"
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