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CVE-2020-11793

Published: 16 April 2020

A use-after-free issue exists in WebKitGTK before 2.28.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.28.1 via crafted web content that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash).

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
webkit receives limited support. For details, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#webkit
webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qtwebkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

qtwebkit-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

qtwebkit-source
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

webkit2gtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.28.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
eoan
Released (2.28.1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1)
focal
Released (2.28.1-1)
groovy
Released (2.28.1-1)
hirsute
Released (2.28.1-1)
impish
Released (2.28.1-1)
jammy
Released (2.28.1-1)
kinetic
Released (2.28.1-1)
lunar
Released (2.28.1-1)
mantic
Released (2.28.1-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.28.1)
xenial Deferred

webkitgtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H