Use-after-free in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-25361

Vulnerability identifier: #VU75415

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-2023-25361

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content in WebCore::RenderLayer::setNextSibling. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise 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 Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Anolis OS
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit-jsc-5.0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
net-libs/webkit-gtk

Install updates from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.36.8
WPE WebKit - update to 2.36.8
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-jsc - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.38.6-2.136.1, 2.38.6-150000.3.139.1, 2.38.6-150200.72.1, 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-5.0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.40.1

• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0003.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• 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