Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vino  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-VINO-2147110
  • published1 Sept 2021
  • disclosed28 Jul 2021

Introduced: 28 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-21779  (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 vino package and not the vino package as distributed by Centos.

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Webkit’s GraphicsContext handles certain events in WebKitGTK 2.30.4. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. A victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious web page to trigger this vulnerability.