Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GNOMESHELLEXTENSIONSCREENSHOTWINDOWSIZER-1919398
  • published1 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Jul 2021

Introduced: 8 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-21806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer package and not the gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer package as distributed by RHEL.

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in WebKitGTK browser version 2.30.3 x64. A specially crafted HTML web page can cause a use-after-free condition, resulting in remote code execution. The victim needs to visit a malicious web site to trigger the vulnerability.