Bug 2169934 (CVE-2023-23529) - CVE-2023-23529 webkitgtk: processing maliciously crafted web content may be exploited for arbitrary code execution
Summary: CVE-2023-23529 webkitgtk: processing maliciously crafted web content may be e...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2023-23529
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2169935 2169936 2169997 2169998 2169999 2170000 2170001 2170002 2170003 2170004 2170005 2170006 2170007 2170008
Blocks: 2169937
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-02-15 07:16 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2023-04-26 11:26 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: webkitgtk 2.38.5
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A vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This issue occurs when processing maliciously crafted web content in WebKit. This may, in theory, allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger type confusion, and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Last Closed: 2023-03-27 10:29:03 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0902 0 None None None 2023-02-22 12:57:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0903 0 None None None 2023-02-22 12:55:24 UTC

Description Marian Rehak 2023-02-15 07:16:47 UTC 
This issue occurs when processing maliciously crafted web content in WebKit. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger type confusion, and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2023-02-15 07:17:05 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2169936]


Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2169935]
Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2023-02-15 22:18:22 UTC 
Mitigation: set the environment variable JSC_useDFGJIT=0
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-22 12:55:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:0903 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0903
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-02-22 12:57:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:0902 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0902
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