Bug 1719208 (CVE-2019-8523) - CVE-2019-8523 webkitgtk: malicious web content leads to arbitrary code execution
Summary: CVE-2019-8523 webkitgtk: malicious web content leads to arbitrary code execution
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-8523
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1719249 1719250 1719257 1719258 1815349 1815350 1877563
Blocks: 1709300
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-06-11 10:09 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2021-10-27 03:30 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.22.7
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Last Closed: 2021-10-27 03:30:07 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-06-11 10:09:37 UTC 
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

Reference:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0002.html
https://wpewebkit.org/security/WSA-2019-0002.html
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-06-11 11:31:55 UTC 
Created mingw-webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1719249]


Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1719250]
Comment 2 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-06-11 11:37:05 UTC 
Created mingw-webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1719257]


Created mingw-webkitgtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1719258]
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