Use-after-free in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-28198

Vulnerability identifier: #VU78988

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-2023-28198

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 in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, 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 Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
iPadOS
Apple iOS
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
macOS
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkitgtk6.0-doc
javascriptcoregtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkitgtk6.0
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit-jsc-4.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.40.1
WPE WebKit - update to 2.40.1
Apple Safari - update to 16.4
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.7.4 19H321, 16.4 20E247
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.7.4 19H321, 16.4 20E247
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
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.el8, 2.40.5-1.el9
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 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
macOS - update to 13.3 22E252

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0008.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in macOS Ventura
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• 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
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
• 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