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CVE-2017-2455

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10...

8.8 HighPublic exploitFix available

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

6.77%Up 3.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Record
CVE-2017-2455
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Record
CVE-2017-2455
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-11638 No score

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Record
EUVD-2017-11638
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6g6q-fcmp-9x2g 8.8

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10...

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Record
GHSA-6g6q-fcmp-9x2g
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Record
CVE-2017-2455
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-2455 8.8

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2455
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-2455 8.8

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2455
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3257-1 No score

webkit2gtk vulnerabilities

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.

Record
USN-3257-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
webkit2gtk
Debian:12
 before 2.16.3-2
2.16.3-2
webkit2gtk
Debian:13
 before 2.16.3-2
2.16.3-2
webkit2gtk
Debian:14
 before 2.16.3-2
2.16.3-2
webkit2gtk
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
2.8.5+dfsg1-32.10.3+dfsg1-12.10.4+dfsg1-12.10.5-12.10.6-1
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2.10.6-1ubuntu12.10.8-1ubuntu12.10.9-1ubuntu12.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.12.14.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.12.14.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.12.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2.16.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2.15.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1
 None known
qtwebkit-source
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.3.2-0ubuntu102.3.2-0ubuntu11
 None known
webkitgtk
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.4.9-2ubuntu22.4.10-0ubuntu12.4.11-0ubuntu0.1
 None known
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.9.1+dfsg-5ubuntu15.9.1+dfsg-5ubuntu35.212.0~alpha2-5build25.212.0~alpha2-5build45.212.0~alpha2-75.212.0~alpha2-7build25.212.0~alpha2-7ubuntu1
 None known
qtwebkit-source
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.3.2-0ubuntu13
 None known
webkitgtk
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.4.11-32.4.11-3ubuntu22.4.11-3ubuntu3
 None known
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.212.0~alpha3-35.212.0~alpha3-55.212.0~alpha3-65.212.0~alpha3-75.212.0~alpha4-15.212.0~alpha4-1ubuntu15.212.0~alpha4-1ubuntu25.212.0~alpha4-1ubuntu2.1
 None known
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.212.0~alpha4-125.212.0~alpha4-135.212.0~alpha4-145.212.0~alpha4-14build15.212.0~alpha4-14ubuntu25.212.0~alpha4-15ubuntu1
 None known
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.212.0~alpha4-335.212.0~alpha4-33build15.212.0~alpha4-345.212.0~alpha4-34ubuntu35.212.0~alpha4-34ubuntu45.212.0~alpha4-36
 None known

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBApple WebKit - 'RenderLayer' Use-After-Free2017-04-04

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-2455 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Apple Safari, published April 1, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.77%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in webkit2gtk 2.16.3-2.

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