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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-7982

Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted plist file.

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CVE-2017-7982
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31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-7982

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Apr 2017, 14:59 UTC

Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted plist file.

osv:CVE-2017-7982
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7982",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7982",
    "summary": "Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted plist file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7982",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "27ed36c03297713d2cfa79431cdc8105602e80c2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.12"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.12",
            "1.11",
            "1.10",
            "1.9",
            "1.8",
            "1.7",
            "1.6",
            "1.5",
            "1.4",
            "v1.3",
            "v1.2",
            "v1.1",
            "v1.0",
            "v0.16",
            "v0.15",
            "v0.14",
            "v0.13",
            "v0.12",
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            "v0.9",
            "libplist_rc2",
            "v0.8",
            "libplist_rc1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7982.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:33.591907867Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00002.html",
        "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/103"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-7982",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380545,
  "published_at": "2017-04-20T14:59:00.253+00:00"
}