USN-3079-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1854)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-09-14 13:06 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
VLAI
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
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"id": "CVE-2016-1858",
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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"id": "CVE-2016-4589",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"id": "CVE-2016-4590",
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"id": "CVE-2016-4591",
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"id": "CVE-2016-4622",
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"id": "CVE-2016-4623",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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"id": "CVE-2016-4624",
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],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0",
"binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.0",
"binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18",
"binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
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{
"binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin",
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},
{
"binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37",
"binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2",
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}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "webkit2gtk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
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"events": [
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"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",
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"2.10.9-1ubuntu1"
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],
"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-3079-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
"published": "2016-09-14T13:06:54Z",
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3079-1"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1854"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1856"
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},
{
"type": "REPORT",
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},
{
"type": "REPORT",
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},
{
"type": "REPORT",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
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}
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"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "webkit2gtk vulnerabilities",
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