Bug 2271719 (CVE-2023-42956) - CVE-2023-42956 webkit: processing malicious web content may lead to a denial of service
Summary: CVE-2023-42956 webkit: processing malicious web content may lead to a denial ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-42956
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2274441 2271722
Blocks: 2270297
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-03-27 03:23 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2024-04-12 09:18 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: WebKitGTK 2.44.0
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A flaw was found in WebKit. This issue may allow an attacker to trigger a denial of service condition by convincing a victim to visit a specially crafted website.
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Description TEJ RATHI 2024-03-27 03:23:14 UTC 
Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
    
WebKit Bugzilla: 263989

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.44.0.
  
WebKitGTK Advisory URL: https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2024-0002.html
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2024-03-27 03:23:34 UTC 
Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2271722]
Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2024-04-11 05:29:08 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk4.0 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-rawhide [bug 2274441]
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