CVE-2023-28198

webkit2gtk: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management

CVE-2023-28198 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198, released August 14, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0093
60th percentile

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Ventura 13.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
gir1.2-webkit-6.0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 gir1.2-webkit-6.0 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
gir1.2-webkit2-4.1 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 gir1.2-webkit2-4.1 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
webkit2gtk · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2.40.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198 Aug 14, 2023
webkit2gtk · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2.40.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198 Aug 14, 2023
webkit2gtk · Debian 14 2.40.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198 Aug 14, 2023
webkit2gtk-driver · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 webkit2gtk-driver 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Sep 27, 2023
webkit2gtk3 · RHEL 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 RHSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3 · RHEL 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 RHSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3 · almalinux 8 2.40.5-1.el8 ALSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3 · almalinux 9 2.40.5-1.el9 ALSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3 · ol 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 ELSA-2023-7055 Nov 17, 2023
webkit2gtk3 · ol 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 ELSA-2023-6535 Nov 11, 2023
webkit2gtk3-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 RHSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3-devel · RHEL 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 RHSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3-devel · almalinux 8 2.40.5-1.el8 ALSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3-devel · almalinux 9 2.40.5-1.el9 ALSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3-devel · ol 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 ELSA-2023-7055 Nov 17, 2023
webkit2gtk3-devel · ol 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 ELSA-2023-6535 Nov 11, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc · RHEL 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 RHSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc · RHEL 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 RHSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc · almalinux 8 2.40.5-1.el8 ALSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc · almalinux 9 2.40.5-1.el9 ALSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc · ol 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 ELSA-2023-7055 Nov 17, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc · ol 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 ELSA-2023-6535 Nov 11, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 RHSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel · RHEL 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 RHSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel · almalinux 8 2.40.5-1.el8 ALSA-2023:7055 Nov 14, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel · almalinux 9 2.40.5-1.el9 ALSA-2023:6535 Nov 7, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel · ol 8 0:2.40.5-1.el8 ELSA-2023-7055 Nov 17, 2023
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel · ol 9 0:2.40.5-1.el9 ELSA-2023-6535 Nov 11, 2023
wpewebkit · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2.40.2-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198 Aug 14, 2023
wpewebkit · Debian 14 2.40.2-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198 Aug 14, 2023

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