WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2020-0001
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Date reported : January 23, 2020
Advisory ID : WSA-2020-0001
WebKitGTK Advisory URL :
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html
WPE WebKit Advisory URL :
https://wpewebkit.org/security/WSA-2020-0001.html
CVE identifiers : CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, CVE-2019-8846.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit.
CVE-2019-8835
Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.3 and WPE WebKit
before
2.26.3.
Credit to Anonymous working with Trend Micro's Zero Day
Initiative,
Mike Zhang of Pangu Team.
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory
corruption
issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8844
Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.3 and WPE WebKit
before
2.26.3.
Credit to William Bowling (@wcbowling).
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory
corruption
issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2019-8846
Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.3 and WPE WebKit
before
2.26.3.
Credit to Marcin Towalski of Cisco Talos.
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to
arbitrary code execution. Description: A use after free issue
was
addressed with improved memory management.
We recommend updating to the latest stable versions of WebKitGTK
and WPE
WebKit. It is the best way to ensure that you are running safe
versions
of WebKit. Please check our websites for information about the
latest
stable releases.
Further information about WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit security
advisories
can be found at: https://webkitgtk.org/security.html or
https://wpewebkit.org/security/.
The WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit team,
January 23, 2020
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