Vulnerability CVE-2016-9642

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-9642 (CCN-122196)

Assigned:

2016-11-26

Published:

2016-11-26

Updated:

2017-07-12

Summary:

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

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-125

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-9642

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:49:28 -0500
Re: CVE request: Heap read out-of-bounds parsing a Javascript file with the last revision of JavaScript Core

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20161126 Re: CVE request: Heap read out-of-bounds parsing a Javascript file with the last revision of JavaScript Core

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
94554

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94554
WebKit CVE-2016-9642 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1038137

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
webkit-cve20169642-dos(122196)

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201706-15

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT207600
About the security content of Safari 10.1

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT207601
About the security content of tvOS 10.2

Source: CCN
Type: Apple security document HT207617
About the security content of iOS 10.3

Source: CCN
Type: WebKit Web site
WebKit

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:webkit:webkit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:apple:webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201696420000000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20169642000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20169642000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201696420000000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20169642000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20169642000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201696420000000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20169642000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201696420000000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-02-03
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20169642000	V	CVE-2016-9642 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2017-02-03

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