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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2017-2491

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 3, 2017
Added
May 3, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Use after free vulnerability in the String.replace method JavaScriptCore in Apple Safari in iOS before 10.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, or a crafted file.

Solutions

apple-safari-upgrade-10_1apple-safari-windows-uninstall
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