Bug 2140503 (CVE-2022-42799) - CVE-2022-42799 webkitgtk: issue was addressed with improved UI handling
Summary: CVE-2022-42799 webkitgtk: issue was addressed with improved UI handling
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-42799
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: 2140512 2140513 2140510 2140511 2142545
Blocks: 2140185
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-11-07 04:19 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2023-03-16 13:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: WebKitGTK 2.38.2
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A vulnerability was found in webkitgtk, where an issue was addressed with improved UI handling. Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing.
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Description Sandipan Roy 2022-11-07 04:19:46 UTC 
CVE-2022-42799
Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.2.
Credit to Jihwan Kim (@gPayl0ad), Dohyun Lee. (@l33d0hyun).
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing. Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-11-07 04:34:07 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-35 [bug 2140510]
Affects: fedora-36 [bug 2140511]
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