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Ubuntu: USN-4178-1 (CVE-2019-8720): WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4178-1 (CVE-2019-8720): WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/29/2019
Created
11/12/2019
Added
11/08/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjavascriptcoregtk-4-0-18
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libwebkit2gtk-4-0-37

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