CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-25360

Use After Free

Published: Mar 02, 2023 | Modified: Mar 07, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore::RenderLayer::renderer in WebKitGTK before 2.36.8 allows attackers to execute code remotely.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Webkitgtk Webkitgtk * 2.36.8 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.38.5-1.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.38.5-1.el9 *
Webkitgtk Ubuntu bionic *
Webkitgtk Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Webkitgtk Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Webkitgtk Ubuntu trusty *
Webkitgtk Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References