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CVE-2016-9642

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

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

Affected products

• WebKit: all versions

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/26/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94554
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038137
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-15
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/26/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94554
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038137
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-15

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