Use After Free Affecting wpewebkit package, versions <2.28.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.99% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-WPEWEBKIT-18016976
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • disclosed2 Mar 2020

Introduced: 2 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-10018  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest wpewebkit to version 2.28.0-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

WebKitGTK through 2.26.4 and WPE WebKit through 2.26.4 (which are the versions right before 2.28.0) contains a memory corruption issue (use-after-free) that may lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue has been fixed in 2.28.0 with improved memory handling.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1