Use After Free Affecting wpewebkit package, versions <2.30.3-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.32% (86th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-WPEWEBKIT-1043920
- published 24 Nov 2020
- disclosed 3 Dec 2020
Introduced: 24 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-13584 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
wpewebkit
to version 2.30.3-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wpewebkit
package and not the wpewebkit
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in WebKitGTK browser version 2.30.1 x64. A specially crafted HTML web page can cause a use-after-free condition, resulting in a remote code execution. The victim needs to visit a malicious web site to trigger this vulnerability.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13584
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BY2OBQZFMEFZOSWXPXHPEHOJXXILEEX2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-10
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1195
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BY2OBQZFMEFZOSWXPXHPEHOJXXILEEX2/