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iTunes 12.5.1 for Windows

Released September 13, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A parsing issue existed in the handling of error prototypes. This was addressed through improved validation.

CVE-2016-4728: Daniel Divricean

Entry added September 20, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may leak sensitive data

Description: A permissions issue existed in the handling of the location variable. This was addressed though additional ownership checks.

CVE-2016-4758: Masato Kinugawa of Cure53

Entry added September 20, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-2016-4759: Tongbo Luo of Palo Alto Networks

CVE-2016-4762: Zheng Huang of Baidu Security Lab

CVE-2016-4766: Apple

CVE-2016-4767: Apple

CVE-2016-4768: Anonymous working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

Entry added September 20, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: A malicious website may be able to access non-HTTP services

Description: Safari’s support of HTTP/0.9 allowed cross-protocol exploitation of non-HTTP services using DNS rebinding. The issue was addressed by restricting HTTP/0.9 responses to default ports and canceling resource loads if the document was loaded with a different HTTP protocol version.

CVE-2016-4760: Jordan Milne

Entry added September 20, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved state management.

CVE-2016-4765: Apple

Entry added September 20, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept and alter network traffic to applications using WKWebView with HTTPS

Description: A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of WKWebView. This issue was addressed through improved validation.

CVE-2016-4763: an anonymous researcher

Entry added September 20, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2016-4769: Tongbo Luo of Palo Alto Networks

Entry added September 20, 2016

WebKit

Available for: Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved state management.

CVE-2016-4764: Apple

Entry added November 3, 2016