CVE-2023-38592

high

Published 2023-11-07 · Modified 2023-11-14

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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

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, watchOS 9.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

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: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution CVSS v3: 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 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: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

CVSS v3: 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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	`webkit2gtk3-0:2.40.5-1.el8`	RHSA-2023:7055	2023-11-14T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`webkit2gtk3-0:2.40.5-1.el9`	RHSA-2023:6535	2023-11-07T00:00:00Z

Package state

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

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

Affected

Vendor	Product	Version
redhat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	`Affected`

OS impact

AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-2.40.5-1.el9.aarch64.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.40.5-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.40.5-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.40.5-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.40.5-1~deb11u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.40.5-1~deb12u1`

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.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.