Use After Free Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.30.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-WEBKIT2GTK-1043913
  • published24 Nov 2020
  • disclosed16 Oct 2020

Introduced: 16 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-9951  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 webkit2gtk to version 2.30.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk package and not the webkit2gtk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 14.0. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

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