Bug 2241405 (CVE-2023-39434)

Summary:	CVE-2023-39434 webkitgtk: processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Doc Text:	A use-after-free vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This issue could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption and execute Remote Code Execution. The victim needs to visit a malicious web page in order for a successful attack to be accomplished.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2241406
Bug Blocks:	2240523

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-09-29 17:56:59 UTC

Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Reference:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html#CVE-2023-39434

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-09-29 17:57:13 UTC

Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2241406]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:19:06 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 2023-11-07 08:19:07 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 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:19:40 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