Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-38594

Vulnerability identifier: #VU78587

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-2023-38594

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 website, 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
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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 Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
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
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
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
iPadOS
Apple iOS
openSUSE Leap
tvOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
javascriptcoregtk4.0
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkitgtk6.0
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkitgtk6.0-doc
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk4-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
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
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
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.40.5
WPE WebKit - update to 2.40.5
watchOS - update to 9.6 20U73
macOS - update to 13.5 22G74
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.7.8 19H364, 16.6 20G75
Apple Safari - update to 16.6
tvOS - update to 16.6
webkit2gtk3 - addressed in versions 2.38.5-1.0.1, 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.38.5-1.0.1, 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - addressed in versions 2.38.5-1.0.1, 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - addressed in versions 2.38.5-1.0.1, 2.40.5-1.0.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.el8, 2.40.5-1.el9
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.fc37, 2.40.5-1.fc38
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1~deb11u1, 2.40.5-1~deb12u1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3, 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
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/HT213842
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0007.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• Fedora 38 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 37 update for webkitgtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Anolis OS update for webkitgtk
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4