Bug 2167715 (CVE-2023-23518)

Summary:	CVE-2023-23518 webkitgtk: memory corruption issue leading to arbitrary code execution
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
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 2.38.4	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This issue occurs when processing maliciously crafted web content in WebKit. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption, and execute arbitrary code on the target system.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-05-16 22:51:28 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2167721, 2167722, 2167747, 2167748, 2167749, 2167750, 2167751, 2167752, 2167753, 2167754, 2167755, 2189094, 2189095
Bug Blocks:	2166921

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-02-07 11:18:07 UTC

Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.4.

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0001.html

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-02-07 11:20:43 UTC

Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2167722]


Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2167721]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:23:01 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 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:18:23 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

Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-16 22:51:27 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-2023-23518

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2025-07-07 02:26:13 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