Use After Free Affecting webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles package, versions <2.42.1-150000.3.153.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-WEBKIT2GTK40INJECTEDBUNDLES-6037413
  • published27 Oct 2023
  • disclosed26 Oct 2023

Introduced: 26 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-39928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles to version 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles package and not the webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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