Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5545",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5545",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5545",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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                  "fixed": "7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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            "1.6",
            "1.5",
            "1.4",
            "v1.3",
            "v1.2",
            "v1.1",
            "v1.0",
            "v0.16",
            "v0.15",
            "v0.14",
            "v0.13",
            "v0.12",
            "v0.11",
            "v0.10",
            "v0.9",
            "libplist_rc2",
            "v0.8",
            "libplist_rc1"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5545.json",
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                "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee",
                "target": {
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                "source": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee",
                "target": {
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            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T13:22:47Z"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:22:47.069814997Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html",
        "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/7391a506352c009fe044dead7baad9e22dd279ee",
        "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/87"
      ],
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2017-5545",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387593,
  "published_at": "2017-01-21T01:59:00.17+00:00"
}