Security advisory

{
  "id": "7c816f4e57769bfdc63f51d04fd07ca0f36c83c897e5a6732e257c1a9b955a9f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6438",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-6438",
    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_unicode_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly code execution via a crafted plist file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6438",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-6438",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-6438"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "27ed36c03297713d2cfa79431cdc8105602e80c2"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "27ed36c03297713d2cfa79431cdc8105602e80c2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libplist_project:libplist:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.12"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.12"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.12"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6438.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:04.737947965Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/98"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-6438",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380446,
  "published_at": "2017-03-15T14:59:01.057+00:00"
}