The UNIX IPC layer in WebKit, including WebKitGTK+ prior to 2.16.3, does not properly validate message size metadata, allowing a compromised secondary process to trigger an integer overflow and subsequent buffer overflow in the UI process. This vulnerability does not affect Apple products.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-01T21:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:31:55.819Z

Reserved: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000121

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-11-01T21:29:00.280

Modified: 2024-02-15T21:22:29.757

Link: CVE-2017-1000121

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