Use After Free Affecting wpe_webkit package, versions [,2.52.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WPEWEBKIT-19233368
  • published23 Aug 2026
  • disclosed20 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-64787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wpe_webkit to version 2.52.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the memory management process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by tricking a user into processing or loading malicious web content. This is only exploitable if the system has specific packages installed and is being used via a graphical interface to process untrusted web content, such as through GNOME.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by removing the affected packages that require the vulnerable component, or by avoiding the processing or loading of untrusted web content.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1