Use After Free Affecting webkitgtk package, versions [,2.36.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WEBKITGTK-2859821
  • published7 Jun 2022
  • disclosed17 May 2022
  • creditJeonghoon Shin of Theori

Introduced: 17 May 2022

CVE-2022-26717  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade webkitgtk to version 2.36.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to improper input validation. This flaw allows an attacker with network access to pass specially crafted web content files.

CVSS Scores

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