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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8743: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8743: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/18/2019
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 6.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-webkit2gtk

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