CVE-2017-1000122 Information

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

Reference

http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/217206 https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0007.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.3