UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1785

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1785
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1785.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1785
Upstream
Published
2016-03-24T01:59:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:33:12.860542Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The Page Loading implementation in WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.3 and Safari before 9.1 mishandles character encoding during access to cached data, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site.

References

Affected packages

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-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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1785.json"

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-qmlwebkitplugin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.3.2-0ubuntu11",
            "binary_name": "libqtwebkit4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1785.json"

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-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": "libwebkit2gtk-3.0-25"
        },
        {
            "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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1785.json"