CVE-2017-5836

libplist: Type inconsistency in bplist.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 15, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-416 · Use After Free