Information disclosure in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-7292

 

Information disclosure in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-7292

Published: December 3, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23358
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7292
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing maliciously crafted web content. A remote attacker can disclose process memory.


Affected software

WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Opensuse
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2019-7292

Install updates from vendor's website.

WPE WebKit - update to 2.22.4
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.22.6
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.22.7-2.el7

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