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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | libimobiledevice | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | libimobiledevice | No fix yet | — |
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