Description
A vulnerability was identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This affects an unknown part of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC. Such manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Published: 2026-10-26
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This affects an unknown part of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC. Such manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title libimobiledevice AFC afc.c heap-based overflow
First Time appeared Libimobiledevice
Libimobiledevice libimobiledevice
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libimobiledevice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Libimobiledevice
Libimobiledevice libimobiledevice
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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Libimobiledevice Libimobiledevice
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-26T10:45:15.007Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T17:43:59.940Z

Link: CVE-2026-116258

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-26T11:16:37.500

Modified: 2026-10-26T11:16:37.500

Link: CVE-2026-116258

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-26T12:30:10Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-122

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow