Medium severity · published Nov 1, 2017
CVE-2017-1000122
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…
5.3
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webkitgtk+ · Webkitgtk
before 2.16.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000122
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000122
Third Party Advisory
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/217206
Vendor Advisory
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0007.html
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