Bug 2156986 (CVE-2022-42852) - CVE-2022-42852 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Summary: CVE-2022-42852 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may resu...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2022-42852
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: 2156996 2156997
Blocks: 2156747
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-12-30 05:15 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2023-01-03 13:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: WebKitGTK 2.38.3
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A flaw was found in webkitgtk. Improper input validation leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker with network access to pass specially crafted web content files, causing an application to halt, crash, or perform arbitrary code execution.
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Last Closed: 2022-12-31 00:35:08 UTC

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Description TEJ RATHI 2022-12-30 05:15:31 UTC 
Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory. Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.3.
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-12-30 05:43:30 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2156996]


Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2156997]
Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2022-12-30 05:48:21 UTC 
Upstream Security Advisory:
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0011.html
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-31 00:35:06 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-2022-42852
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