CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-1000122

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2017-11-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-11-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• webkitgtk webkitgtk\+ (< 2.16.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References