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CVE-2022-42799

Published: 1 November 2022

The issue was addressed with improved UI handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1, Safari 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing.

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

6.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qtwebkit-source
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

webkit2gtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Deferred

trusty Does not exist

xenial Deferred

focal
Released (2.38.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
jammy
Released (2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2)
kinetic
Released (2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1)
upstream
Released (2.38.2)
lunar
Released (2.38.2-1)
mantic
Released (2.38.2-1)
webkitgtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

qtwebkit-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

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

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
wpewebkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N