Bug 2238943 (CVE-2023-28198)

Summary:	CVE-2023-28198 webkitgtk: use after free vulnerability
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	ybuenos
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Bug Depends On:	2239384, 2239385
Bug Blocks:	2238948

Description ybuenos 2023-09-14 13:43:44 UTC

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.40.1.
Credit to hazbinhotel working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved
memory management.

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-09-18 05:44:32 UTC

Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2239384]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2239385]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:19:03 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:6535 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6535

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:19:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:7055 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7055