WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2024-0001

• Date Reported: February 05, 2024

• Advisory ID: WSA-2024-0001

• CVE identifiers: CVE-2024-23222, CVE-2024-23206, CVE-2024-23213, CVE-2023-40414, CVE-2023-42833, CVE-2014-1745.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit.

• CVE-2024-23222
  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.42.5.
  • Credit to Apple.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited. Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
  • WebKit Bugzilla: 267134
• CVE-2024-23206
  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.42.5.
  • Credit to An anonymous researcher.
  • Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user. Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
  • WebKit Bugzilla: 262699
• CVE-2024-23213
  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.42.5.
  • Credit to Wangtaiyu of Zhongfu info.
  • Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
  • WebKit Bugzilla: 266619
• CVE-2023-40414
  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.42.1.
  • Credit to Francisco Alonso (@revskills).
  • Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
  • WebKit Bugzilla: 258992
• CVE-2023-42833
  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.0.
  • Credit to Dong Jun Kim (@smlijun) and Jong Seong Kim (@nevul37) of AbyssLab.
  • Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks.
  • WebKit Bugzilla: 258592
• CVE-2014-1745
  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.42.0.
  • Credit to An anonymous researcher.
  • Impact: Processing a file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents. Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
  • WebKit Bugzilla: 249434

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/.