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title: "CVE-2014-1331\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-1331

Publication date 22 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.1.4 and 7.x before 7.0.4, allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
(memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a
different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in
APPLE-SA-2014-05-21-1.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1331?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| qtwebkit-opensource-src | 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| qtwebkit-source | 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| webkit | 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| webkitgtk | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1331)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1331)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1331)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1331)

### Other references

* <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6254>
* <http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-05/0128.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1331>
