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.
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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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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 : Deferred

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

Modified: 2026-10-26T13:41:11.497

Link: CVE-2026-116258

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-26T12:45:14Z

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