Code Injection in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-40397

Vulnerability identifier: #VU80603

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40397

CWE-ID: CWE-94

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage and execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the affected system.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
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 Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
iPadOS
Apple iOS
macOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
webkitgtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkitgtk6.0-doc
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.0
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3
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
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
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
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
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
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
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
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
watsonx Assistant Cartridge

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.40.5
WPE WebKit - update to 2.40.5
iPadOS - update to 16.6
Apple iOS - update to 16.6 20G75
webkitgtk6.0 - 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-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.5-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.40.5-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.el8, 2.40.5-1.el9, 2.46.1-1.el9_0, 2.46.1-1.el9_2, 2.46.3-1.el8_2, 2.46.3-1.el8_4, 2.46.3-1.el8_6, 2.46.3-1.el8_8
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
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 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - 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_1-0-64bit - 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-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
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - 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 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-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-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - 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
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - 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
webkit-jsc-4-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
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
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - 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
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1
macOS - update to 13.5 22G74

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0008.html

• Remote code execution in WebKitG
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• 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+
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
• Anolis OS update for webkitgtk
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4