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title: "CVE-2015-1068\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1068

Publication date 18 March 2015

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 6.2.4, 7.x before 7.1.4, and 8.x
before 8.0.4, 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 CVEs listed in
APPLE-SA-2015-03-17-1.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1068?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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| webkitgtk | 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 |
| 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-2015-1068)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1068)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1068)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1068)

### Other references

* <https://support.apple.com/HT204560>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00004.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1068>
