Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel package, versions <0:2.36.7-1.el8_7.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-WEBKIT2GTK3JSCDEVEL-3269600
- published 3 Feb 2023
- disclosed 15 Dec 2022
Introduced: 15 Dec 2022
CVE-2022-42856 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel to version 0:2.36.7-1.el8_7.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:0016.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel package and not the webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.1.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1..
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42856
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/22
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/26/1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213516
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog