Use After Free Affecting libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 package, versions <2.42.4-150400.4.70.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.41% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-LIBJAVASCRIPTCOREGTK4018-6142453
  • published3 Jan 2024
  • disclosed2 Jan 2024

Introduced: 2 Jan 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 to version 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3 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:15.5 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 Base Scores

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