5.3

CVE-2017-7142: apple safari

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-7142DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7142
Published 23-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7142 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in apple safari. EPSS estimates a 1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2017-0425SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1

Timeline

  1. 23-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Safari before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit Storage" component. It allows attackers to bypass the Safari Private Browsing protection mechanism, and consequently obtain sensitive information about visited web sites.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.70% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu3 products
  • qtwebkit-opensource-srcAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • qtwebkit-sourceAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • webkitgtkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Apple1 product
Debian1 product
  • webkit2gtk< 2.18.1-1

3 vendors · 5 products

References

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