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: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: 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
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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.
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Last Closed: 2022-05-11 01:46:30 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2056475, Red Hat2056810, Red Hat2056811, Red Hat2056812, Red Hat2056813, Red Hat2056814, Red Hat2080702    
Bug Blocks: Embargoed2056476    

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