Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-6438  

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.

Severity High

Remote No

Type Arbitrary command execution

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.

AVG-215 libplist 1.12-6 2.0.0-1 High Fixed

16 May 2017 ASA-201705-18 AVG-215 libplist High multiple issues

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/98