CVE-2017-6437

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-02-24
CWE:
CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1432954: CVE-2017-6437 libplist: Out-of-bounds heap read in base64encode function
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in libplist. A specially crafted plist file could be used by an attacker to crash the application using libplist.

Find out more about CVE-2017-6437 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libplist Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libplist Will not fix

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