CVE-2016-9642

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

Published: 2017-02-03 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9642 is rated Moderate Risk (46.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). EPSS rose +1.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9642

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.19% 1.27% +1.08%
2 2025-05-25 0.32% 0.19% -0.14%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9642

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-9642

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-9642

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2016-9642: 1 GLSA(s) (201706-15), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/webkit-gtk); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-9642
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9642/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-9642 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit, qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk), 95 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 41, ignored 33, not-affected 15, released 3, needs-triage 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9642

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9642

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webkit webkit — cpe:2.3:a:webkit:webkit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9642

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