{"id":"USN-3079-1","summary":"webkit2gtk vulnerabilities","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","modified":"2026-04-22T09:28:01.239942Z","published":"2016-09-14T13:06:54Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1854","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1856","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1857","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1858","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1859","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4583","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4585","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4586","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4588","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4589","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4590","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4591","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4622","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4623","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4624","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4651"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1854","CVE-2016-1856","CVE-2016-1857","CVE-2016-1858","CVE-2016-1859","CVE-2016-4583","CVE-2016-4585","CVE-2016-4586","CVE-2016-4588","CVE-2016-4589","CVE-2016-4590","CVE-2016-4591","CVE-2016-4622","CVE-2016-4623","CVE-2016-4624","CVE-2016-4651","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1854","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1856","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1857","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1858","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1859","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4583","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4585","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4586","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4588","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4589","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4590","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4591","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4622","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4623","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4624","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4651"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3079-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1854"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1856"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1857"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1858"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1859"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4583"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4585"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4586"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4588"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4589"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4590"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4591"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4622"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4623"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4624"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4651"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"webkit2gtk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["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","2.10.8-1ubuntu1","2.10.9-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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