Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-1000122
CVE-2017-1000122
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.
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Affected products
3- Range: <2.16.3
Patches
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References
2- trac.webkit.org/changeset/217206nvdThird Party Advisory
- webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0007.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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