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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-2355: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-2355: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. Safari before 10.0.3 is affected. iCloud before 6.1.1 is affected. iTunes before 12.5.5 is affected. tvOS before 10.1.1 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-webkit2gtk

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