Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2023-42833

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84766

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-2023-42833

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 trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, 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
Apple Safari
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 Desktop 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 Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
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 Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Apple iOS
macOS
iPadOS
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
net-libs/webkit-gtk
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
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
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
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
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
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
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.38.0
WPE WebKit - update to 2.38.0
Apple Safari - update to 17.0
Apple iOS - update to 17.0 21A327
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
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - 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
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - 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
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - 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-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - 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
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
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 Safari 17
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4