UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17821

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17821

    Published: 21 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17821

    Summary:

    Details: WTF/wtf/FastBitVector.h in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 46, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it calls the FastBitVectorWordOwner::resizeSlow function (in WTF/wtf/FastBitVector.cpp) for a purpose other than initializing a bitvector size, and resizeSlow mishandles cases where the old array length is greater than the new array length.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17821, https://github.com/dwfault/PoCs/blob/master/WebKit%20Misuse%20of%20WTF:wtf:FastBitVector%20result%20in%20potential%20BOF/WebKit%20Misuse%20of%20WTF:wtf:FastBitVector%20result%20in%20potential%20BOF.md, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17821

    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
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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