Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package webkit2gtk  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-WEBKIT2GTK-1047438
  • published1 Dec 2020
  • disclosed3 Dec 2020

Introduced: 1 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-13543  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk package and not the webkit2gtk package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A code execution vulnerability exists in the WebSocket functionality of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.30.0. A specially crafted web page can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability which can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can get a user to visit a webpage to trigger this vulnerability.