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libimobiledevice — security advisory
A security vulnerability has been detected in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. Impacted is the function afc_file_open of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC File Handler. The manipulation of the argument bytes leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly 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-2026-116261
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A security vulnerability has been detected in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. Impacted is the function afc_file_open of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC File Handler. The manipulation of the argument bytes leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116261
libimobiledevice
Fixed versions: Not specified
libimobiledevice
Fixed versions: Not specified
libimobiledevice
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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