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medium 6.5

CVE-2017-2442 json

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-11625

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit JavaScript Bindings" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site.

Patch / fix

  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.14.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2442

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2442

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

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-41800)

Exploit prediction

6.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41800 Apple Webkit - 'JSCallbackData' Universal Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2017-04-04

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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