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Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons  (opens in a new tab)

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2.94% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-GNOMESHELLEXTENSIONDESKTOPICONS-2058461
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Apr 2020
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Introduced: 16 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11793  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package and not the gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package as distributed by Centos.

A use-after-free issue exists in WebKitGTK before 2.28.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.28.1 via crafted web content that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash).

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