Expired Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gnome-shell-extension-horizontal-workspaces  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-GNOMESHELLEXTENSIONHORIZONTALWORKSPACES-2100982
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Nov 2020

Introduced: 30 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-13543  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (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-horizontal-workspaces package and not the gnome-shell-extension-horizontal-workspaces package as distributed by Centos.

A code execution vulnerability exists in the WebSocket functionality of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.30.0. A specially crafted web page can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability which can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can get a user to visit a webpage to trigger this vulnerability.