Candidate: CVE-2017-6438
PublicDate: 2017-03-15 14:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6438
 https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/98
Description:
 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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 ratliff> poc does not exhibit failure behavior in vanilla 1.12
 ratliff> most likely introduced in post-1.12 refactoring of parse_bin_node
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.3 HIGH]

Patches_libplist:
 upstream: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/commit/dccd9290745345896e3a4a73154576a599fd8b7b
upstream_libplist: released (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.2)
precise_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_libplist: DNE (precise was needs-triage)
trusty_libplist: not-affected (code not present)
trusty/esm_libplist: DNE (trusty was not-affected [code not present])
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/ubuntu-core_libplist: DNE
xenial_libplist: not-affected (code not present)
esm-infra/xenial_libplist: not-affected (code not present)
yakkety_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_libplist: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
bionic_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
cosmic_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)
devel_libplist: not-affected (1.12+git+1+e37ca00-0.3)