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CVE-2023-42950

Published: 28 March 2024

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
webkit receives limited support. For details, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#webkit
webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8
mdeslaur
It is no longer possible to build new webkit2gtk versions on
focal and earlier. Marking as ignored.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

qtwebkit-source
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

webkit2gtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored

focal Ignored

jammy
Released (2.44.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
mantic
Released (2.44.0-0ubuntu0.23.10.1)
upstream
Released (2.44.0)
xenial Ignored

webkitgtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

wpewebkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

mantic Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H