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Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-116258libimobiledevice AFC afc.c heap-based overflow

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in libimobiledevice. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116258
Debian:13libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116258
Debian:14libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116258
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116258
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116258
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116258
Ubuntu:26.10libimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116258

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a libimobiledevice 1.01.11.21.31.4.0

Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-119 · 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

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