UIKit0 libplist XML xplist.c plist_from_xml xml external entity reference
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.72% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 53.4% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: libplist (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5) 1.12-20.6.1.
- Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 5.5, NVD 9.8.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to libplist (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5) 1.12-20.6.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in UIKit0 libplist 1.12. This affects the function plist_from_xml of the file src/xplist.c of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The patch is named c086cb139af7c82845f6d565e636073ff4b37440. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221499.
- Published
- Feb 21, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 53th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-611
Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 9.8
- CNA · VulDB
- 5.5
- 4.3 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| libimobiledevice | libplist | cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libplist |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- libimobiledevice libplist1.12
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
UIKit0 libplist
- 1.12affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | libplist | before 1.12-20.6.1 | 1.12-20.6.1 |
Same product
libimobiledevice: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-5545The main function in plistutil.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process mem37Monitor
- CVE-2017-5209The base64decode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from proces37Monitor
- CVE-2017-5836The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving an integer n31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2017-5834Mar 3, 2017 · The parse_dict_node function in bplist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via a22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2017-5835Mar 3, 2017 · libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and crash) via vectors involving an offset size of zero.31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2017-7982Apr 20, 2017 · Integer overflow in the plist_from_bin function in bplist.c in libimobiledevice/libplist before 2017-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause 22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| suse:libplist | 1.12-20.6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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