CVE-2017-1000121

NameCVE-2017-1000121
DescriptionThe UNIX IPC layer in WebKit, including WebKitGTK+ prior to 2.16.3, does not properly validate message size metadata, allowing a compromised secondary process to trigger an integer overflow and subsequent buffer overflow in the UI process. This vulnerability does not affect Apple products.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
webkit2gtk (PTS)buster2.36.4-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)2.38.6-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.42.2-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2.42.5-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.42.2-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)2.42.5-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie2.42.5-1fixed
sid2.44.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
webkit2gtksource(unstable)2.16.3-2unimportant

Notes

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0007.html
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