CVE-2016-5104

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2016-5104 · Published 13/06/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5104 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting libimobiledevice (libimobiledevice), libusbmuxd (libimobiledevice).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.0%, higher than 87.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libimobiledevice libimobiledevice	`≤ 1.2.0`	No fix yet
libusbmuxd libimobiledevice	`≤ 1.0.10`	No fix yet

Description

The socket_create function in common/socket.c in libimobiledevice and libusbmuxd allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and communicate with services on iOS devices by connecting to an IPv4 TCP socket.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00042.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00029.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/6
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3026-1
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3026-2
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice commit df1f5c4
libimobiledevice/libusbmuxd commit 4397b33
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00027.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00028.html

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