Bug 2104789 (CVE-2022-26710) - CVE-2022-26710 webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution
Summary: CVE-2022-26710 webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-26710
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2104795 2104815 2104816
Blocks: 2104796
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-07-07 07:09 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2022-12-06 07:33 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: WebKitGTK 2.36.4
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A use-after-free vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. The flaw occurs when processing maliciously crafted HTML content in WebKit. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, triggering memory corruption and executing arbitrary code on the system.
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Last Closed: 2022-12-06 07:33:50 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7704 0 None None None 2022-11-08 10:14:12 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:8054 0 None None None 2022-11-15 10:05:43 UTC

Description TEJ RATHI 2022-07-07 07:09:33 UTC 
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. 
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.36.4.
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2022-07-07 07:23:50 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2104795]
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 10:14:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:7704 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7704
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 10:05:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:8054 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8054
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-06 07:33:48 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-2022-26710
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