Use-after-free in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-39928
Published: October 4, 2023
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the MediaRecorder API of the WebKit GStreamer-based ports. 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.
Affected software
WPE WebKit
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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 High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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
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
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 High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
javascriptcoregtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
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
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkitgtk6.0-doc
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-devel
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-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
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-4.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-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
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications
How to mitigate CVE-2023-39928
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.0
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.3.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (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-4.1-0 (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
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - 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-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
webkit2gtk4.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.42.1-1
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, 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
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
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
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
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
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - 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-minibrowser - 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
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - 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
webkit-jsc-4.1 - 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
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - 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
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - 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
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - 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-debugsource - 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
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - 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
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.1-150400.4.57.2, 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
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - 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
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - 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
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 - 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
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - 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
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-1.el8, 2.42.5-1.el9
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications - update to 6.2.3
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Remote code execution in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit
- 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+
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
- Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) 1.3
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 6.2
- Anolis OS update for webkitgtk
- Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4