Out-of-Bounds Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.22.0-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WEBKIT2GTK-388391
  • published21 Dec 2017
  • disclosed21 Dec 2017

Introduced: 21 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17821  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable webkit2gtk to version 2.22.0-2 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

WTF/wtf/FastBitVector.h in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 46, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it calls the FastBitVectorWordOwner::resizeSlow function (in WTF/wtf/FastBitVector.cpp) for a purpose other than initializing a bitvector size, and resizeSlow mishandles cases where the old array length is greater than the new array length.