# CVE-2026-116262: libimobiledevice Web Inspector webinspector.c webinspector\_receive\_with\_timeout heap-based overflow

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-109782, GHSA-8G7P-F8H6-7FV5
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS: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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Summary

libimobiledevice, a cross-platform open-source library used to communicate with iOS devices, is affected through its Web Inspector component. A remote attacker could trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, which could potentially crash the software or allow arbitrary code execution.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a libimobiledevice: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a libimobiledevice, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426301/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116262
- https://vuldb.com/submit/1009972
- https://bohmid-com.vercel.app/#/article/blog-afc-writeup

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