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GHSA-5CGP-G38Q-M4XJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-07 00:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32

Details

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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "published": "2023-03-07T00:30:25Z",
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CVE-2019-8720 (GCVE-0-2019-8720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15

Summary

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-119

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876611
	https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	webkitgtk	Affected: Fixed in webkitgtk 2.26.0

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-5CGP-G38Q-M4XJ

CVE-2019-8720 (GCVE-0-2019-8720)

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