Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-42890

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84079

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-2023-42890

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 when processing HTML content 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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 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 Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
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
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
macOS
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
net-libs/webkit-gtk
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.0
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.0
watchOS - update to 10.2
macOS - update to 14.2 23C64
tvOS - update to 17.2
iPadOS - update to 17.2 21C62
Apple iOS - update to 17.2 21C62
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.3.2
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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-debuginfo - addressed in versions 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 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 2.42.4-2.164.1, 2.42.4-150000.3.163.2, 2.42.4-150200.97.3, 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.4-150400.4.70.3
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

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0012.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• 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 webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4