CVE-2017-1000121 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-11-01

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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

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'}`

Subscriptions

Webkitgtk Webkitgtk\+

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-01T21:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000121

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-1000121

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-190

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