Bug 1944859 (CVE-2021-1788) - CVE-2021-1788 webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution
Summary: CVE-2021-1788 webkitgtk: Use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-1788
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: 1944860 1946485 1946486
Blocks: 1944354
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-03-30 20:02 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2022-04-17 21:15 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.32.0
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-11-09 23:54:35 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4381 0 None None None 2021-11-09 18:31:17 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-30 20:02:16 UTC 
A flaw was found in WebKitGTK.

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Reference:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0003.html
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-30 20:03:11 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1944860]
Comment 2 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2021-04-06 08:42:01 UTC 
External References:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2021-0003.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 18:31:15 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 2021-11-09 23:54:33 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-2021-1788
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