Bug 2056474 (CVE-2022-22620) - CVE-2022-22620 webkitgtk: maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution due to use after free
Summary: CVE-2022-22620 webkitgtk: maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitra...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-22620
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2056475 2056810 2056811 2056812 2056813 2056814 2080702
Blocks: 2056476
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-02-21 10:34 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2022-05-17 09:45 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: webkit2gtk3 2.34.6
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A use-after-free vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. The vulnerability occurs when processing HTML content in WebKit. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trick the victim into opening a specially crafted web page, triggering a use-after-free error and leading to the execution of arbitrary code on the system.
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Last Closed: 2022-05-11 01:46:30 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1777 0 None None None 2022-05-10 13:24:06 UTC

Description Marian Rehak 2022-02-21 10:34:25 UTC 
A use after free when processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Reference:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0003.html
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-02-21 10:34:41 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2056475]
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 13:24:05 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:1777 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1777
Comment 9 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-05-11 01:46:28 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-2022-22620
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