Vulnerability CVE-2017-5836
Published: 2017-03-03

Description:
The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer node that is treated as a PLIST_KEY and then triggers an invalid free.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Libimobiledevice -> Libplist 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96022
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/issues/86
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