Out-of-bounds read in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-42916

Vulnerability identifier: #VU83605

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-2023-42916

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

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 High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
macOS
Apple iOS
iPadOS
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
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
tvOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3
net-libs/webkit-gtk
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-4
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.3
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.3
watchOS - update to 10.2
macOS - addressed in versions 14.1.2 23B92, 14.1.2 23B2091
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.8.1 19H380, 16.7.3 20H232, 17.1.2 21B101
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.8.1 19H380, 16.7.3, 17.1.2
tvOS - update to 17.2
Apple Safari - update to 17.1.2
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
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.04.1, 2.42.3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.42.3-1.fc38, 2.42.3-1.fc39
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.42.3-1~deb11u1, 2.42.3-1~deb12u1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150000.3.160.1, 2.42.3-150200.94.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031
• https://wpewebkit.org/security/WSA-2023-0011.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Fedora 39 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 38 update for webkitgtk
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4