Bug 2156986 (CVE-2022-42852)

Summary:	CVE-2022-42852 webkitgtk: memory disclosure issue was addressed with improved memory handling
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mcatanza, tpopela
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	WebKitGTK 2.38.3	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in webkitgtk. Improper input validation leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker with network access to pass specially crafted web content files, causing an application to halt, crash, or perform arbitrary code execution.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-12-31 00:35:08 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2156996, 2156997, 2189092, 2189093
Bug Blocks:	2156747

Description TEJ RATHI 2022-12-30 05:15:31 UTC

Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory. Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.3.

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-12-30 05:43:30 UTC

Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2156996]


Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2156997]

Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2022-12-30 05:48:21 UTC

Upstream Security Advisory:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0011.html

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-31 00:35:06 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-2022-42852

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:22:51 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:2256 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2256

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:18:07 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:2834 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2834