| Name | CVE-2023-42950 |
| Description | A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2. Processing maliciously crafted 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) |
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 | 2.36.4-1~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2.38.6-0+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.42.2-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.42.5-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.42.2-1~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 2.42.5-1~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.42.5-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 2.44.1-1 | fixed |
| wpewebkit (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.38.6-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.38.6-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.42.5-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 2.44.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| webkit2gtk | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| webkit2gtk | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| webkit2gtk | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| webkit2gtk | source | (unstable) | 2.44.0-1 | | | |
| wpewebkit | source | (unstable) | 2.44.1-1 | | | |
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-2024-0002.html