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Use After Free Affecting webkitgtk3 package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.01% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-WEBKITGTK3-1331177
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Feb 2015
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Introduced: 4 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-1209 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 webkitgtk3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkitgtk3 package and not the webkitgtk3 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the VisibleSelection::nonBoundaryShadowTreeRootNode function in core/editing/VisibleSelection.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers improper handling of a shadow-root anchor.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

6.3 medium