Use After Free Affecting libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 package, versions <2.42.1-150400.4.57.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBJAVASCRIPTCOREGTK601-6041748
  • published1 Nov 2023
  • disclosed31 Oct 2023

Introduced: 31 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-39928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 to version 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 package and not the libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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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