Bug 1986863 (CVE-2021-21775) - CVE-2021-21775 webkitgtk: Use-after-free in ImageLoader dispatchPendingErrorEvent leading to information leak and possibly code execution
Summary: CVE-2021-21775 webkitgtk: Use-after-free in ImageLoader dispatchPendingErrorE...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-21775
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1999828
Blocks: 1986910
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-07-28 13:33 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2021-11-10 00:52 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.32.3
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Last Closed: 2021-11-10 00:52:24 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4381 0 None None None 2021-11-09 18:31:34 UTC

Description Michael Kaplan 2021-07-28 13:33:02 UTC 
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way certain events are processed for ImageLoader objects of WebKit. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. In order to trigger the vulnerability, a victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious webpage.
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2021-08-30 14:47:08 UTC 
Upstream advisory:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0004.html
Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2021-08-31 15:13:27 UTC 
Talos advisory with more details:

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1229
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 18:31:33 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:4381 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4381
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-11-10 00:52:23 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-2021-21775
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