CVE-2017-1000122 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-11-01

Score: 5.3 Medium

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

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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

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-1411	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00377.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/217206
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0007.html

History

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Subscriptions

Webkitgtk Webkitgtk\+

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:09:44.480Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-1000122

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-1000122

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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