Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-8558

 

Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2019-8558

Published: December 4, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23385
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-2019-8558
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+
webkit2gtk (Alpine package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-devel
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-8558

Install updates from vendor's website.

WPE WebKit - update to 2.24.0
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.24.0
webkit2gtk (Alpine package) - update to 2.24.2-r0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.34.3-2.82.1

External References

Related Security Bulletins