Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-43010

Vulnerability identifier: #VU123953

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4 BT: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43010

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Apple iOS
iPadOS
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk3-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk4-devel
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.44.0
WPE WebKit - update to 2.44.0
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.8.7 19H411, 16.7.15 20H380
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.8.7 19H411, 16.7.15 20H380
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.52.0-4.54.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.0-4.54.1, 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126646
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2026-0001.html

• Remote code execution in WebKitGTK+GTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Remote code execution in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3