Bug 2121645 (CVE-2022-32893)

Summary: CVE-2022-32893 webkitgtk: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cperry, erack, gnome-sig, mcatanza, rfreire, saroy, tpopela
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.36.7 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in webkitgtk. The vulnerability occurs due to improper input validation, leading to an out-of-bounds write. This flaw allows an attacker with network access to pass specially crafted web content files, causing arbitrary code execution.
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Bug Depends On: 2121646, 2121656, 2121657, 2123429, 2123430    
Bug Blocks: 2121650    

Description Marian Rehak 2022-08-26 05:57:37 UTC
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution via an out-of-bounds write.

Reference:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0008.html

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-08-26 05:57:51 UTC
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2121646]

Comment 4 Sandipan Roy 2022-08-26 07:45:23 UTC
Upstream Patch: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/3023
Webkit BugZilla: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243557

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-09-15 08:03:52 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:6540 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6540

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2022-09-20 14:49:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:6634 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6634

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2025-07-07 02:25:37 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