Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-41993

Vulnerability identifier: #VU81042

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-2023-41993

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 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.

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

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 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 Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
macOS
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
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Apple iOS
iPadOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
IBM MQ Operator
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
EMC Data Protection Advisor
Oracle Java SE
NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE)
Storage Resource Manager
Apple Safari
Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk6.0-doc
javascriptcoregtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.1
webkitgtk6.0
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.1
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.1
IBM MQ Operator - addressed in versions 9.3.0.20-r1, 9.4.0.0-r2
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization - update to 2.4.3
NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE) - update to 8.0.21
macOS - addressed in versions 13.6 22G120, 14.0 23A344
Apple Safari - addressed in versions 16.6.1, 17.0
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 16.7 20H19, 17.0.1 21A340
iPadOS - addressed in versions 16.7, 17.0.1
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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.42.1-1.fc38, 2.42.1-1.fc39
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-1~deb11u1, 2.42.1-1~deb12u1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0.1
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 5.0.1.0
Storage Resource Manager - update to 5.0.1.0
EMC Data Protection Advisor - update to 19.10 B46

• Exploit #10562 - CVE-2023-41993 (CVE-2023-41993) (October 9, 2024)
• Exploit #10488 - cve-2023-41993-test (testing poc) (September 6, 2024)
• Exploit #9629 - POC-for-CVE-2023-41993 () (March 22, 2024)

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• Remote code execution in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Fedora 38 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 39 update for webkitgtk
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• 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+
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Java SE
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) and Dell Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Data Protection Advisor
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Anolis OS update for webkitgtk
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4