# CVE-2019-8720: WebKitGTK Memory Corruption Vulnerability

> CVE-2019-8720: WebKitGTK Memory Corruption Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-8720
Last updated: 2026-10-07T17:29:07Z

- Published: 2023-03-06 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-07 17:29 UTC · Assigner: redhat
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 1.6%, 75th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-05-23, federal due date 2022-06-13, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-119

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- n/a: webkitgtk

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8720)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8720)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=1876611](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876611)
- [https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html](https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-8720 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-8720.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2019-8720 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:46:50.428Z