CVE-2026-116258

libimobiledevice AFC afc.c heap-based overflow

A vulnerability was identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This affects an unknown part of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC. Such manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected

libimobiledevice

CVSS v4.0 VULDB

2.1 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1 VULDB

6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 VULDB

6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 15th percentile

Published

2026-10-26

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeupfind archive
• bohmiiidd/CVE2XPL-libimobiledeviceRepo metadata unavailable · ARCHIVED
  3 files

  CVE-2026-116258.mdclient/client.cexploit/server.py

CVE references

• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116258REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/submit/1009966REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/426297REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/426297/ctiREFERENCE

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry