Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU11215

Memory corruption in WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2017-7165

Published: March 22, 2018 / Updated: March 22, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11215

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7165

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

WebKitGTK+
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
Opensuse
webkitgtk4

Update to version 2.18.6.

webkitgtk4 - addressed in versions 2.18.6-1.fc26, 2.18.6-1.fc27