CVE-2017-1000121 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00647.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Webkitgtk	Webkitgtk\+

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/217126/webkit
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0007.html

History

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-11-14T19:53:43.151Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-1000121

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:06.809Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-1000121

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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