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usn-3257-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-04-10 17:32
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
webkit2gtk vulnerabilities
Details

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3257-1 ADVISORY
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9642 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9643 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2364 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2367 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2376 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2377 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2386 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2392 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2394 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2395 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2396 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2405 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2415 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2419 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2433 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2442 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2445 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2446 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2447 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2454 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2455 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2457 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2459 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2460 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2464 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2465 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2466 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2468 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2469 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2470 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2471 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2475 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2476 REPORT
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2481 REPORT

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              "id": "CVE-2016-9642",
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
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            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-9643",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2367",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2376",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2377",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2386",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2392",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2394",
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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-2017-2395",
              "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-2017-2396",
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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-2017-2405",
              "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-2017-2415",
              "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-2017-2419",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2433",
              "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-2017-2442",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2445",
              "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-2017-2446",
              "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-2017-2447",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2454",
              "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-2017-2455",
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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-2017-2457",
              "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-2017-2459",
              "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-2017-2460",
              "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-2017-2464",
              "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-2017-2465",
              "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-2017-2466",
              "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-2017-2468",
              "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-2017-2469",
              "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-2017-2470",
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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-2017-2471",
              "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-2017-2475",
              "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-2017-2476",
              "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-2017-2481",
              "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": "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.0",
            "binary_version": "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18",
            "binary_version": "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37",
            "binary_version": "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2",
            "binary_version": "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "webkit2gtk",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and\nJavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious\nwebsite, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web\nbrowser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service\nattacks, and arbitrary code execution.\n",
  "id": "USN-3257-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:34Z",
  "published": "2017-04-10T17:32:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3257-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9642"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9643"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2364"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2367"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2376"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2377"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2386"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2392"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2394"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2395"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2396"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2405"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2415"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2419"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2433"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2442"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2445"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2446"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2447"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2454"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2455"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2457"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2459"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2460"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2464"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2465"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2466"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2468"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2469"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2470"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2471"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2475"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2476"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2481"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "webkit2gtk vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9642",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9643",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2364",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2367",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2376",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2377",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2386",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2392",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2394",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2395",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2396",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2405",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2415",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2419",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2433",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2442",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2445",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2446",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2447",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2454",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2455",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2457",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2459",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2460",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2464",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2465",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2466",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2468",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2469",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2470",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2471",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2475",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2476",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2481"
  ]
}



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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.


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