CVE-2017-7142 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-7142?

CVE-2017-7142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 23 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7142?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Safari.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7142?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-7142 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari

• CVE-2015-5780 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-1300 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-1303 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-1120 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-0137 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0

All Apple Safari vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7142, GHSA-67gp-7p67-q86p, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7142.