CVE-2026-116260

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A flaw was found in libimobiledevice. A remote attacker could exploit a double-free vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution. By sending manipulated input to the service_receive function in the Apple File Conduit (AFC) service, an attacker can corrupt system memory and crash the application.

Bugzilla 2560609 : libimobiledevice: libimobiledevice: Denial of Service via double free in service_receive

CWE-1341 : Multiple Releases of Same Resource or Handle

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Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

cve.org: CVSS:3.1 / AV:N / AC:L / PR:N / UI:N / S:U / C:L / I:L / A:L / E:P / RC:C

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