Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-7982
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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"id": "97a5cc70ca329dbe040286f579620e1a0c38b6e72cbd1e85e2494aec292d3023",
"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",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2017-7982",
"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"
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{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
{
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},
{
"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",
"v0.11",
"v0.10",
"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"
}