CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-5836

Double Free

Published: Mar 03, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.4 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libplist Libimobiledevice * *
Libplist Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Libplist Ubuntu precise *
Libplist Ubuntu trusty *
Libplist Ubuntu upstream *
Libplist Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Libplist Ubuntu xenial *
Libplist Ubuntu yakkety *
Libplist Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

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