| Name | CVE-2023-42890 |
| Description | The 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5527-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| webkit2gtk (PTS) | jessie | 2.6.2+dfsg1-4 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.18.6-1~deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.38.6-0+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.44.2-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.46.3-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.46.0-2~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.46.3-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.46.3-1 | fixed |
| wpewebkit (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.38.6-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.38.6-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.46.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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