CVE-2026-116261 (GCVE-0-2026-116261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-26 11:30 – Updated: 2026-10-26 11:30
VLAI
Title
libimobiledevice AFC File afc.c afc_file_open out-of-bounds
Summary
A security vulnerability has been detected in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. Impacted is the function afc_file_open of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC File Handler. The manipulation of the argument bytes leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CWE
Assigner
VulDB CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 83/100 over 3887 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426300 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426300/cti signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116261 third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/1009970 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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