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CVE-2016-9642 (GCVE-0-2016-9642)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-03 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:59
VLAI
Summary
JavaScriptCore in WebKit allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted Javascript file.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038137 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/26/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94554 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2016-11-26 00:00
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