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CVE-2016-10222

Published: 3 April 2017

runtime/JSONObject.cpp in JavaScriptCore in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 18, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that triggers a "type confusion" in the JSON.stringify function.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
webkit receives limited support. For details, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#webkit
webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qtwebkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

impish Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

qtwebkit-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Ignored
(end of life)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
qtwebkit-source
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

xenial Needs triage

lunar Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Does not exist

webkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/208123
webkit2gtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Not vulnerable

hirsute Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

lunar Not vulnerable

artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

eoan Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

groovy Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

mantic Not vulnerable

webkitgtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

mantic Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H