Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-42917

Vulnerability identifier: #VU83606

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-2023-42917

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. 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 LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 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
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
macOS
Apple iOS
iPadOS
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
tvOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
net-libs/webkit-gtk
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
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-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit-jsc-4
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Oracle WebCenter Enterprise Capture
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications
Apple Safari
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.3
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.3
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.3.1
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 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.40.5-1.el8_9.1, 2.40.5-1.el9_3.1, 2.46.1-1.el9_0, 2.46.1-1.el9_2, 2.46.3-1.el8_2, 2.46.3-1.el8_4, 2.46.3-1.el8_6, 2.46.3-1.el8_8
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.40.5-1.0.1
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
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-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
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-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
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
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
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
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_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.3-2.161.1, 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
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
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-minibrowser - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-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 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - 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-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_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - 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 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - 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 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - 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
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
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
webkit-jsc-6.0-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
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.42.3-150400.4.67.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications - update to 6.2

• 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• 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
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) 1.3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4
• Buffer overflow in Oracle WebCenter Enterprise Capture