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Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-116260libimobiledevice AFC Service afc.c service_receive double free

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity double free in libimobiledevice. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A weakness has been identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This issue affects the function service_receive of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to double free. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. 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-2026-116260
Debian:13libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116260
Debian:14libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116260
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116260
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116260
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116260
Ubuntu:26.10libimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116260

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a libimobiledevice 1.01.11.21.31.4.0

Weakness: CWE-415, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

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