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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8720: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8720: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/06/2023
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A vulnerability was found in WebKit. The flaw is triggered when processing maliciously crafted web content that may lead to arbitrary code execution. Improved memory handling addresses the multiple memory corruption issues.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-webkit2gtk

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