CVE-2017-1000122

5.3 mediumEPSS 1.1%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2017-11-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+

References

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

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