USN-3551-1

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    USN-3551-1

    Published: 30 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: webkit2gtk vulnerabilities

    Details: Multiple security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the user interface, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-4088, CVE-2018-4096, CVE-2017-7153, CVE-2017-7160, CVE-2017-7161, CVE-2017-7165, CVE-2017-13884, CVE-2017-13885)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3551-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7153, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7160, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7161, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7165, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13884, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13885, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4088, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4096

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: webkit2gtk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    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