UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4591

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4591
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4591.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4591
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Published
2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:47Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, Safari before 9.1.2, and tvOS before 9.2.2 mishandles the location variable, which allows remote attackers to access the local filesystem via unspecified vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / webkit2gtk

Package

Name
webkit2gtk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "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",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / qtwebkit-opensource-src

Package

Name
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qtwebkit-opensource-src@5.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
5.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt5webkit5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt5webkit5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libqt5webkit5-qmlwebkitplugin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qml-module-qtwebkit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "qtwebkit5-doc-html"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / qtwebkit-source

Package

Name
qtwebkit-source
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qtwebkit-source@2.3.2-0ubuntu11?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.2-0ubuntu10
2.3.2-0ubuntu11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.2-0ubuntu11",
            "binary_name": "libqtwebkit-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.2-0ubuntu11",
            "binary_name": "libqtwebkit-qmlwebkitplugin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.2-0ubuntu11",
            "binary_name": "libqtwebkit4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / webkitgtk

Package

Name
webkitgtk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkitgtk@2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.9-2ubuntu2
2.4.10-0ubuntu1
2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit-3.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-3.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-3.0-25"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-3.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-1.0-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-1.0-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-3.0-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-3.0-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-common-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.11-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-dev"
        }
    ]
}