Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-37450

Vulnerability identifier: #VU78061

CSH Severity: Critical

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-2023-37450

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 in WebKit. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting 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.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Apple iOS
iPadOS
tvOS
Ubuntu
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.40.4
WPE WebKit - update to 2.40.4
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization - update to 2.4.3
watchOS - update to 9.6 20U73
macOS - addressed in versions 13.4.1 (c) 22F770820d, 13.5 22G74
Apple Safari - update to 16.5.2
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.5.1 20F770750d, 16.6 20G75
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.5.1 c, 16.6
tvOS - update to 16.6
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
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.40.3-2~deb11u2, 2.40.3-2~deb12u2
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1, 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213823
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0006.html

• Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Remote code execution in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Remote code execution in macOS Ventura
• Remote code execution in Apple Safari
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.4
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4