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Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-116262libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector_receive_with_timeout heap-based overflow

Medium 5.4

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 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116262
Debian:13libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116262
Debian:14libimobiledeviceno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116262
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262
Ubuntu:26.10libimobiledeviceno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262

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:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

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