Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.30.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
1.17% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-WEBKIT2GTK-5698635
  • published23 Mar 2021
  • disclosed2 Apr 2021

Introduced: 23 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-1789  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 webkit2gtk to version 2.30.6-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, tvOS 14.4, watchOS 7.3, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, Safari 14.0.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1