Use After Free Affecting webkitgtk3-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.01% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WEBKITGTK3DEVEL-1331290
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Feb 2015

Introduced: 4 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-1209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 webkitgtk3-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkitgtk3-devel package and not the webkitgtk3-devel 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.

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