CVE-2019-8720: WebKitGTK Memory Corruption Vulnerability
High · CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 1.6%, 75th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: redhat
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: WebKitGTK Memory Corruption Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
A vulnerability was found in WebKit. The flaw is triggered when processing maliciously crafted web content that may lead to arbitrary code execution. Improved memory handling addresses the multiple memory corruption issues.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-119
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
webkitgtk
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)