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title: "CVE-2015-7098\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-7098

Publication date 11 December 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 in Apple iOS before 9.2, Safari before 9.0.2, and tvOS before 9.1
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 CVE-2015-7048, CVE-2015-7095, CVE-2015-7096,
CVE-2015-7097, CVE-2015-7099, CVE-2015-7100, CVE-2015-7101, CVE-2015-7102,
and CVE-2015-7103.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7098?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 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | 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 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 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 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| webkit2gtk | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 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 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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

webkit receives limited support. For details, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#webkit
webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7098)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7098)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-7098)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7098)

### Other references

* <https://support.apple.com/HT205640>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT205639>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT205635>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00003.html>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html>
* <http://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2016-0001.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7098>
