High severity · published Oct 6, 2023
CVE-2023-39928
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5
8.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37 · source: NVD
WE
Webkitgtk · Webkitgtk
2.40.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39928
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39928
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EEMDC5TQAANFH5D77QM34ZTUKXPFGVL/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33
Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1831
Vendor Advisory
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5527
www.talosintelligence.com
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1831
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