CVE-2017-5835 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via large memory allocation and crash in libplist using zero offset size vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-5835?
CVE-2017-5835 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5835?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libimobiledevice Libplist.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5835?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-5835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as AZL-36955, AZL-7268, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5835, GHSA-9hv7-pggj-5944, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5835.