UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4589

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4589

    Published: 21 Jul 2016Last Modified: 8 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4589
    Aliases:
    USN-3079-1

    Summary:

    Details: WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, Safari before 9.1.2, and tvOS before 9.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4622, CVE-2016-4623, and CVE-2016-4624.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4589, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00004.html, https://support.apple.com/HT206900, https://support.apple.com/HT206902, https://support.apple.com/HT206905, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2016-0005.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3079-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4589

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: webkit2gtk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.8.5+dfsg1-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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