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.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
Low
Partial disruption
CVSS Vector v4.0
Weakness Type (CWE)
Vulnerable Products
n/a:libimobiledevice
References 5
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301
VDB-426301 | libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector_receive_with_timeout heap-based overflow
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301/cti
VDB-426301 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116262
CVE-2026-116262 | CVE Analysis and Report
https://vuldb.com/submit/1009972
Submit #1009972 | libimobiledevice fa0f79190142bc309307967c058f89c1b36eb6b8 - version 1.4.0 heap leak
https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeup
NVD