WebKitGTK+ Security Advisory WSA-2018-0002

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in WebKitGTK+.

  • CVE-2018-4088
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to Jeonghoon Shin of Theori.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
  • CVE-2018-4089
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.4.
    • Credit to Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
  • CVE-2018-4096
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to OSS-Fuzz.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
  • CVE-2017-7153
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to Jerry Decime.
    • Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing. Description: Redirect responses to 401 Unauthorized may allow a malicious website to incorrectly display the lock icon on mixed content. This issue was addressed through improved URL display logic.
  • CVE-2017-7160
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to Richard Zhu (fluorescence) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
  • CVE-2017-7161
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to Mitin Svyat.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: A command injection issue existed in Web Inspector. This issue was addressed through improved escaping of special characters.
  • CVE-2017-7165
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to 360 Security working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
  • CVE-2017-13884
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to 360 Security working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
  • CVE-2017-13885
    • Versions affected: WebKitGTK+ before 2.18.6.
    • Credit to 360 Security working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative.
    • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

We recommend updating to the last stable version of WebKitGTK+. It is the best way of ensuring that you are running a safe version of WebKitGTK+. Please check our website for information about the last stable releases.

Further information about WebKitGTK+ Security Advisories can be found at: https://webkitgtk.org/security.html