Use-after-free in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-40414

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84764

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4 BT: 6.1 [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/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40414

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
tvOS
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 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 Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
watchOS
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
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 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Apple iOS
macOS
iPadOS
Apple Safari
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-4
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications

Install updates from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.1
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.1
tvOS - update to 17.0
Apple Safari - update to 17.0
watchOS - update to 10.0
Apple iOS - update to 17.0 21A327
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.3.2
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-jsc-devel - update to 2.42.5-1.0.1
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
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications - update to 6.2.3
macOS - update to 14.0 23A344
iPadOS - update to 17.0

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2024-0001.html

• Remote code execution 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 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS 10
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari 17
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• 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
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4