Medium severity · published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-116262
libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector_receive_with_timeout heap-based overflow
New
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libimobiledevice · Libimobiledevice
1.0; 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116262
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116262
bohmid-com.vercel.app
https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeup
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116262
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/submit/1009972
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301/cti
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