CVE-2017-6440 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can cause a denial of service via a crafted plist file in the libplist library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-6440?
CVE-2017-6440 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The parse_data_node function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice libplist 1.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted plist file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6440?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libplist Project Libplist.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6440?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2017-6440 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6440 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6440, GHSA-m466-xmh2-wxg2.