| Name | CVE-2023-38600 |
| Description | The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. 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-5468-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| webkit2gtk (PTS) | buster | 2.36.4-1~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2.38.6-0+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.42.2-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.42.5-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.42.2-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.42.5-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.42.5-1 | fixed |
| 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 | fixed |
| sid | 2.44.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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-2023-0007.html