CVE-2023-28198

NameCVE-2023-28198
DescriptionA use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Ventura 13.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5396-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
webkit2gtk (PTS)bullseye2.44.2-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2.46.4-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.46.0-2~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)2.46.4-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.46.4-1fixed
wpewebkit (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.38.6-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2.38.6-1vulnerable
sid, trixie2.46.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
webkit2gtksourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
webkit2gtksourcebullseye2.40.1-1~deb11u1DSA-5396-1
webkit2gtksource(unstable)2.40.1-1
wpewebkitsource(unstable)2.40.2-2

Notes

[buster] - webkit2gtk <end-of-life> (webkit2gtk EOL in buster)
[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-2023-0008.html

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