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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2026-116262 json

libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector_receive_with_timeout heap-based overflow

published 2026-10-26 13 d ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-109782

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was detected in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. The affected element is the function webinspector_receive_with_timeout of the file src/webinspector.c of the component Web Inspector. The manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-116262 updated cvss 5.4

libimobiledevice: libimobiledevice: Denial of Service via heap-based buffer overflow in Web Inspector

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libimobiledevice-utils, libimobiledevice-python, libimobiledevice 0.9.7-4.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libimobiledevice 0.9.7-4.el6
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libimobiledevice-python, libimobiledevice 0.9.7-4.el6
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
13 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bohmid-com.vercel.app https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeup referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CNA 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CNA 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C
CNA 4.0 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a libimobiledevice

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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