The UNIX IPC layer in WebKit, including WebKitGTK+ prior to 2.16.3, does not properly validate certain message metadata, allowing a compromised secondary process to cause a denial of service (release assertion) of 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: 2024-09-17T04:09:44.480Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-1000122

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-11-01T21:29:00.310

Modified: 2017-11-21T19:18:24.927

Link: CVE-2017-1000122

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