Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2022-42863

Vulnerability identifier: #VU70242

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42863

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 in WebKit when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Apple iOS
iPadOS
tvOS
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
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
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-5.0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.38.0
WPE WebKit - update to 2.38.0
watchOS - update to 9.2 20S361
macOS - update to 13.1 22C65
Apple Safari - update to 16.2
Apple iOS - update to 16.2 20C65
iPadOS - update to 16.2 20C65
tvOS - update to 16.2 20K362
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.3-2.123.1, 2.38.3-150000.3.125.1, 2.38.3-150200.57.1, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.38.5-1.el8, 2.38.5-1.el9
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-5.0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.40.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2022-0011.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Multiple vulnerabilities in macOS Ventura
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4