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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8506: Type Confusion

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8506: Type Confusion

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/18/2019
Created
12/18/2019
Added
12/18/2019
Modified
10/14/2024

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2, Safari 12.1, iTunes 12.9.4 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.11. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-webkit2gtk

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