CVE-2017-7161

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Safari before 11.0.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit Web Inspector" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via special characters that trigger command injection.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://support.apple.com/HT208324Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3551-1/Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208324Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3551-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 3, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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