UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000121

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000121

    Published: 1 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000121, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0007.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000121

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qtwebkit-opensource-src

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

    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