Out-of-Bounds Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.24.1-1
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- published19 Jul 2026
- disclosed24 Feb 2019
Introduced: 24 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-8375 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest webkit2gtk to version 2.24.1-1 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 Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
The UIProcess subsystem in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK through 2.23.90 and WebKitGTK+ through 2.22.6 and other products, does not prevent the script dialog size from exceeding the web view size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Buffer Overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, related to UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitScriptDialogGtk.cpp, UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitScriptDialogImpl.cpp, and UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitWebViewGtk.cpp, as demonstrated by GNOME Web (aka Epiphany).
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2019-8375
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8375
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00005.html
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184875
- https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/commit/6f9b511a115311b13c06eb58038ddc2c78da5531
- https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/241515/webkit
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46465/
- https://www.inputzero.io/2019/02/fuzzing-webkit.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46465