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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2016-9642

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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2016-9642

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/03/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/28/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

JavaScriptCore in WebKit allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted Javascript file.

Solution(s)

  • apple-safari-upgrade-10_1
  • apple-safari-windows-uninstall

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