CVE-2016-9642

Publication date 3 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qtwebkit 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
qtwebkit-source 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
webkit2gtk 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
webkitgtk 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored no update available
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored no
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
qtwebkit-opensource-src 24.04 LTS noble Ignored
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3257-1
    • WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
    • 10 April 2017

Other references