A weakness has been identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This issue affects the function service_receive of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to double free. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Libimobiledevice
  • Libimobiledevice

No data.

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeup cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116260 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116260 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1009969 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426299 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426299/cti cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116260 cve-icon
History

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1341
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Important

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A weakness has been identified in libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0. This issue affects the function service_receive of the file src/afc.c of the component AFC Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to double free. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title libimobiledevice AFC Service afc.c service_receive double free
First Time appeared Libimobiledevice
Libimobiledevice libimobiledevice
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-415
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libimobiledevice:libimobiledevice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Libimobiledevice
Libimobiledevice libimobiledevice
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-10-26T11:15:06.596Z

Updated: 2026-10-31T01:14:47.920Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T17:44:14.290Z

Link: CVE-2026-116260

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-31T01:14:42.933Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-26T12:17:06.230

Modified: 2026-10-31T02:17:30.610

Link: CVE-2026-116260

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-26T11:15:06Z

Links: CVE-2026-116260 - Bugzilla