Bug 2056474 (CVE-2022-22620)

Summary:	CVE-2022-22620 webkitgtk: maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution due to use after free
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	erack, gnome-sig, mcatanza, tpopela, ymittal
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	webkit2gtk3 2.34.6	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A use-after-free vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. The vulnerability occurs when processing HTML content in WebKit. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trick the victim into opening a specially crafted web page, triggering a use-after-free error and leading to the execution of arbitrary code on the system.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-05-11 01:46:30 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2056475, 2056810, 2056811, 2056812, 2056813, 2056814, 2080702
Bug Blocks:	2056476

Description Marian Rehak 2022-02-21 10:34:25 UTC

A use after free when processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Reference:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0003.html

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-02-21 10:34:41 UTC

Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2056475]

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 13:24:05 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:1777 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1777

Comment 9 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-05-11 01:46:28 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-22620

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2025-07-07 02:25:00 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

Via RHSA-2025:10364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10364