Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2022-48503

Vulnerability identifier: #VU77686

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-2022-48503

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content within the JavaScript code engine in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, 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
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 LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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
watchOS
macOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-devel
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk4-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Apple Safari

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.38.0
WPE WebKit - update to 2.38.0
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
watchOS - update to 8.7 19U66
macOS - update to 12.5 21G72
Apple Safari - update to 15.6
iPadOS - update to 15.6 19G71
Apple iOS - update to 15.6 19G71
tvOS - update to 15.6 19M65

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0005.html

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