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).
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libimobiledevice | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116262 |
| Debian:13 | libimobiledevice | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116262 |
| Debian:14 | libimobiledevice | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116262 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libimobiledevice | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libimobiledevice | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libimobiledevice | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libimobiledevice | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116262 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- VDB-426301 | libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector_receive_with_timeout heap-based overflow vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-426301 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-116262 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #1009972 | libimobiledevice fa0f79190142bc309307967c058f89c1b36eb6b8 - version 1.4.0 heap leak third-party-advisory
- https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeup exploit