CVE-2026-116260 (GCVE-0-2026-116260)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-26 11:15 – Updated: 2026-10-26 11:15
VLAI
Title
libimobiledevice AFC Service afc.c service_receive double free
Summary
A weakness has been identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This issue affects the function service_receive of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to double free. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CWE
Assigner
VulDB CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 83/100 over 3874 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426299 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426299/cti signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116260 third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/1009969 third-party-advisory
https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-… exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libimobiledevice Affected: 1.0
Affected: 1.1
Affected: 1.2
Affected: 1.3
Affected: 1.4.0
    cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libimobiledevice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Credits
ahmed0000 (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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