Bug 2240522 (CVE-2023-41993)

Summary:	CVE-2023-41993 webkitgtk: processing malicious web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	saroy, ymittal
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	2240526
Bug Blocks:	2240523

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-09-25 04:53:23 UTC

Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. The issue was addressed with improved checks.

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/19
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/15
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/14
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/13

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-09-25 05:41:28 UTC

Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2240526]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-07-07 02:27:02 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