Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-41983

Vulnerability identifier: #VU82397

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4 BT: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41983

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content in WebKit Process Model. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Debian Linux
Gentoo 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 ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 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 Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
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
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
iPadOS
Apple iOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Apple Safari
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit2gtk4-devel
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
net-libs/webkit-gtk
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.1
webkitgtk6.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.0
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkitgtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk4.0
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkitgtk6.0-doc
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.2
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.2
macOS - update to 14.1 23B74
iPadOS - addressed in versions 16.7.2, 17.1
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 16.7.2 20H115, 17.1 21B74, 17.1 21B80
Apple Safari - update to 17.1
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.3.2
libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.42.2-1.fc37, 2.42.2-1.fc38, 2.42.2-1.fc39
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.42.2-1~deb11u1, 2.42.2-1~deb12u1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.2-2.158.2, 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1, 2.42.2-150200.91.1, 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.42.3-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.42.3-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.42.3-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.42.3-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.42.3-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.42.3-1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.42.3-1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel - update to 2.42.3-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.42.3-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.42.3-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.42.3-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.42.3-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.42.3-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.42.3-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.42.3-1
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

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213986
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0010.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Fedora 38 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 37 update for webkitgtk
• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Fedora 39 update for webkitgtk
• 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