CVE-2026-116261

libimobiledevice AFC File afc.c afc_file_open out-of-bounds

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.

Affected

libimobiledevice

CVSS v4.0 VULDB

2.0 LOWCVSS: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/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

3.5 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 VULDB

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

EPSS

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 9th 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-2026-116261REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/submit/1009970REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/426300REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/426300/ctiREFERENCE

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry