CVE-2016-9643 log

Source
Severity Medium
Remote Yes
Type Denial of service
Description
The regex code in WebKitGTK+ before 2.14.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) as demonstrated in a large number of ($ (open parenthesis and dollar) followed by {-2,16} and a large number of +) (plus close parenthesis).
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-234 webkitgtk, webkitgtk2 2.4.11-6 Critical Unknown
AVG-235 webkit2gtk 2.14.5-1 2.16.1-1 Critical Fixed
Date Advisory Group Package Severity Type
28 Apr 2017 ASA-201704-9 AVG-235 webkit2gtk Critical multiple issues
References
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2017-0003.html