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Bug 1432954 - (CVE-2017-6437) CVE-2017-6437 libplist: Out-of-bounds heap read in base64encode function
CVE-2017-6437 libplist: Out-of-bounds heap read in base64encode function
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20170224,reported=2...
: Reopened, Security
Depends On: 1432971 1449973
Blocks: 1432966
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Reported: 2017-03-16 09:07 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2017-05-17 03:14 EDT (History)
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An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in libplist. A specially crafted plist file could be used by an attacker to crash the application using libplist.
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Last Closed: 2017-05-17 03:14:05 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-03-16 09:07:32 EDT
The base64encode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted plist file.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/100
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-03-16 09:28:01 EDT
Created libplist tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1432971]

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