usn-3551-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-01-30 21:05
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
webkit2gtk vulnerabilities
Details

Multiple security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the user interface, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-4088, CVE-2018-4096, CVE-2017-7153, CVE-2017-7160, CVE-2017-7161, CVE-2017-7165, CVE-2017-13884, CVE-2017-13885)

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-7153",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-7160",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-7161",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-7165",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-13884",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-13885",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-4088",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-4096",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0",
            "binary_version": "2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.0",
            "binary_version": "2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18",
            "binary_version": "2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37",
            "binary_version": "2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2",
            "binary_version": "2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "webkit2gtk",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "2.18.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.8.5+dfsg1-3",
        "2.10.3+dfsg1-1",
        "2.10.4+dfsg1-1",
        "2.10.5-1",
        "2.10.6-1",
        "2.10.6-1ubuntu1",
        "2.10.8-1ubuntu1",
        "2.10.9-1ubuntu1",
        "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.14.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.14.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
        "2.16.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.16.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.16.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.18.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
        "2.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.18.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Multiple security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and\nJavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially\ncrafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a\ndenial of service, spoof the user interface, or execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2018-4088, CVE-2018-4096, CVE-2017-7153, CVE-2017-7160,\nCVE-2017-7161, CVE-2017-7165, CVE-2017-13884, CVE-2017-13885)\n",
  "id": "USN-3551-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
  "published": "2018-01-30T21:05:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3551-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7153"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7160"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7161"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7165"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13884"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13885"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4088"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4096"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "webkit2gtk vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7153",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7160",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7161",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7165",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13884",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13885",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4088",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4096"
  ]
}



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