Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-41074

Vulnerability identifier: #VU81179

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-2023-41074

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. 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
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 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 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 Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
watchOS
macOS
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
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
javascriptcoregtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkitgtk6.0
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
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
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
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
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
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
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)
Apple Safari

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.0
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.0
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - 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
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk6.0 - 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-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.42.1-1~deb11u1, 2.42.1-1~deb12u1
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-2.155.1, 2.42.1-150000.3.153.1, 2.42.1-150200.87.4, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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, 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
watchOS - update to 10.0
macOS - update to 14.0 23A344
tvOS - update to 17.0
iPadOS - update to 17.0
Apple Safari - update to 17.0
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 17.0 21A326, 17.0 21A327, 17.0 21A329, 17.0 21A331

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213941
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS 10
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Anolis OS update for webkitgtk
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4