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CVE-2017-2371 json

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

published 2017-02-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11554

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.8%
EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component, which allows remote attackers to launch popups via a crafted web site.

Patch / fix

  • apple iphone_os 10.2.1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.14.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2371

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2371

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.18.5-2.18.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.18.0-2.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1SUSE-SU-2017:2933-1

  • gtk3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.32.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11506-1

  • webkit2gtk Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +13 more 2.14.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-2371

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-41451)

Exploit prediction

5.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41451 Apple WebKit 10.0.2 - Cross-Origin or Sandboxed IFRAME Pop-up Blocker Bypass webapps, 2017-02-24

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.