Bug 1901216 (CVE-2020-9951) - CVE-2020-9951 webkitgtk: use-after-free may lead to arbitrary code execution
Summary: CVE-2020-9951 webkitgtk: use-after-free may lead to arbitrary code execution
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-9951
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: 1901217 1908477
Blocks: 1901223
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-11-24 18:29 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2021-08-30 14:52 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.30.0
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Last Closed: 2021-05-18 14:36:39 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-11-24 18:29:45 UTC 
A flaw was found in WebKitGTK. An use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Reference:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0008.html
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-11-24 18:30:00 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1901217]
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 13:26:59 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:1586 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1586
Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-05-18 14:36:39 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-2020-9951
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