CVE-2016-10222 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the browser via crafted JavaScript triggering a type confusion in JSON.stringify, affecting WebKit users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-10222?
CVE-2016-10222 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 3 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
runtime/JSONObject.cpp in JavaScriptCore in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 18, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that triggers a "type confusion" in the JSON.stringify function.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10222?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10222?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10222 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10222 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as CVE-2016-1000350, GHSA-jvq9-r4p9-hpqv, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10222.