VULNERABILITY

Ubuntu: USN-5024-1 (CVE-2021-21775): WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5024-1 (CVE-2021-21775): WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2021
Created
07/30/2021
Added
07/29/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way certain events are processed for ImageLoader objects of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.30.4. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. In order to trigger the vulnerability, a victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious webpage.

Solution(s)

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

References

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