CVE-2026-116262

libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector_receive_with_timeout heap-based overflow

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.

Affected

libimobiledevice

CVSS v4.0 VULDB

2.1 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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

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

CVSS v2.0 VULDB

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

EPSS

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 25th percentile

Published

2026-10-26

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeupfind archive

CVE references

• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116262REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/submit/1009972REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301REFERENCE
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301/ctiREFERENCE

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry