Bug 1432956 – CVE-2017-6438 libplist: Heap-based buffer overflow in parse_unicode_node

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Bug 1432956 - (CVE-2017-6438) CVE-2017-6438 libplist: Heap-based buffer overflow in parse_unicode_node

Summary:	CVE-2017-6438 libplist: Heap-based buffer overflow in parse_unicode_node

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-6438

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Reopened, Security

Depends On:	1432971
Blocks:	1432966
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Reported:	2017-03-16 09:10 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-05-17 03:22 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2017-05-17 03:22:19 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-03-16 09:10:54 EDT

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.

Upstream bug:

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

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-03-16 09:28:11 EDT

Created libplist tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1432971]

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