CVE-2023-39928

Summary

CVECVE-2023-39928
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-06 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-31 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Webkitgtk Webkitgtk 2.40.5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WebKitGTK+: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-33) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5527-1 webkit2gtk MISC www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: webkitgtk-2.42.1-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2023-0009 - The WebKitGTK Project MISC webkitgtk.org
TALOS-2023-1831 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence MISC talosintelligence.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199822 Ubuntu Security Notification for WebKitGTK Vulnerabilities (USN-6426-1)
  • 284627 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-1536766e9f)
  • 357018 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for webkitgtk4 : ALAS2-2024-2427
  • 6000292 Debian Security Update for webkit2gtk (DSA 5527-1)
  • 710848 Gentoo Linux WebKitGTK+ Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-33)
  • 755164 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4211-1)
  • 755166 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4209-1)
  • 755202 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4294-1)
  • 755555 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:0004-1)
  • 755556 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:0003-1)
  • 755557 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:0002-1)
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