CVE-2022-42852

high

Published 2023-05-09 · Modified 2023-05-16

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Red Hat Errata — Red Hat Inc. · View original ↗ · Open-Errata-API

Description webkitgtk: memory disclosure issue was addressed with improved memory handling CVSS v3: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) Errata / fixed releases ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Supportwebkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:103642025-07-07T00:00:00Z Red Hat Enterprise Linux…

Description

webkitgtk: memory disclosure issue was addressed with improved memory handling

CVSS v3: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Errata / fixed releases

Product	Package	Advisory	Released
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support	`webkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_9`	RHSA-2025:10364	2025-07-07T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	`webkit2gtk3-0:2.38.5-1.el8`	RHSA-2023:2834	2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`webkit2gtk3-0:2.38.5-1.el9`	RHSA-2023:2256	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z

Package state

Product	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	`webkitgtk`	Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	`webkitgtk3`	Out of support scope

Apply commands

bash fix

Apply RHSA-2025:10364 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

yum update -y webkitgtk4
# or:
dnf upgrade -y webkitgtk4

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`webkit2gtk3-devel-2.38.5-1.el9.aarch64.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.38.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.38.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.38.3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.38.3-1~deb11u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.38.3-1`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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