Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-6201

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Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-6201

Published: December 3, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23356
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6201
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing maliciously crafted web content. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-6201

Install updates from vendor's website.

WPE WebKit - update to 2.22.4
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.22.6

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