Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2024-23226
Published: March 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87273
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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-2024-23226
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: WebKitGTK
Affected software:
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Detailed vulnerability description
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23226
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.