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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-39928): WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-39928): WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/06/2023
Created
10/11/2023
Added
10/11/2023
Modified
10/12/2023

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjavascriptcoregtk-4-0-18
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjavascriptcoregtk-4-1-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjavascriptcoregtk-6-0-1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwebkit2gtk-4-0-37
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwebkit2gtk-4-1-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwebkitgtk-6-0-4

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