Out-of-bounds Read Affecting webkitgtk package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-WEBKITGTK-406566
  • published3 Feb 2017
  • disclosed3 Feb 2017

Introduced: 3 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9642  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 webkitgtk.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkitgtk package and not the webkitgtk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

JavaScriptCore in WebKit allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted Javascript file.