Bug 2156993 (CVE-2022-46699)

Summary: CVE-2022-46699 webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: mcatanza, tpopela
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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
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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.
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Last Closed: 2022-12-31 03:01:16 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2157011, 2157012, 2189092, 2189093    
Bug Blocks: 2156747    

Description TEJ RATHI 2022-12-30 05:32:39 UTC
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.3.

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-12-30 05:47:34 UTC
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2157012]


Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2157011]

Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2022-12-30 05:49:05 UTC
Upstream Security Advisory:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0011.html

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-31 03:01:14 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-2022-46699

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:22:59 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 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:18:20 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