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.
Published: 2026-10-26
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0100

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector_receive_with_timeout heap-based overflow
First Time appeared Libimobiledevice
Libimobiledevice libimobiledevice
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libimobiledevice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Libimobiledevice
Libimobiledevice libimobiledevice
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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Libimobiledevice Libimobiledevice
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-26T16:16:49.617Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T17:44:21.566Z

Link: CVE-2026-116262

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-26T12:17:06.783

Modified: 2026-10-26T13:41:11.497

Link: CVE-2026-116262

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-26T15:00:19Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-122

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow