CVE-2023-42890

CVE-2023-42890

NameCVE-2023-42890
DescriptionThe issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5527-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
webkit2gtk (PTS)bullseye2.44.2-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2.46.3-1~deb11u2fixed
bookworm2.46.0-2~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)2.46.3-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie2.46.3-1fixed
sid2.46.4-1fixed
wpewebkit (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.38.6-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2.38.6-1vulnerable
trixie2.46.3-1fixed
sid2.46.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
webkit2gtksourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
webkit2gtksourcebullseye2.42.1-1~deb11u1DSA-5527-1
webkit2gtksourcebookworm2.42.1-1~deb12u1DSA-5527-1
webkit2gtksource(unstable)2.42.0-1
wpewebkitsource(unstable)2.42.0-1

Notes

[buster] - webkit2gtk <end-of-life> (EOL in buster LTS)
[bookworm] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit not covered by security support in Bookworm)
[bullseye] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit >= 2.40 can no longer be sensibly backported)
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0012.html

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