Use After Free Affecting libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 package, versions <2.42.1-150200.87.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES152-LIBJAVASCRIPTCOREGTK4018-6044293
  • published 3 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 2 Nov 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 to version 2.42.1-150200.87.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 package and not the libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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

version 3.1
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NVD

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

8.8 high
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Red Hat

8.8 high