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High ALAS2-2026-4112 1 CVE

Important: libimobiledevice security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Nov 12, 2026 · Updated Nov 12, 2026

Ecosystem: Amazon Linux

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-116258: 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.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libimobiledevice 0:1.2.0-1.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libimobiledevice-debuginfo 0:1.2.0-1.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libimobiledevice-devel 0:1.2.0-1.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libimobiledevice-python 0:1.2.0-1.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libimobiledevice-utils 0:1.2.0-1.amzn2.0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.3
    CVE-2026-116258

    libimobiledevice AFC afc.c heap-based overflow

    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 availa…

    libimobiledevice libimobiledevice Debian Ubuntu

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-116258.html