CVE-2016-5104: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only; version 16.04 only
• Libimobiledevice Libimobiledevice: up to and including 1.2.0
• Libimobiledevice Libusbmuxd: up to and including 1.0.10
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.2 only

Published 2016-06-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.