WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2019-0006

• Date Reported: November 08, 2019

• Advisory ID: WSA-2019-0006

• CVE identifiers: CVE-2019-8710, CVE-2019-8743, CVE-2019-8764, CVE-2019-8765, CVE-2019-8766, CVE-2019-8782, CVE-2019-8783, CVE-2019-8808, CVE-2019-8811, CVE-2019-8812, CVE-2019-8813, CVE-2019-8814, CVE-2019-8815, CVE-2019-8816, CVE-2019-8819, CVE-2019-8820, CVE-2019-8821, CVE-2019-8822, CVE-2019-8823.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit.

• CVE-2019-8710

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.0.
  • Credit to found by OSS-Fuzz.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8743

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.0.
  • Credit to zhunki from Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi’anxin Group.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8764

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.0.
  • Credit to Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting. Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

• CVE-2019-8765

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.24.4 and WPE WebKit before 2.24.3.
  • Credit to Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8766

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.0.
  • Credit to found by OSS-Fuzz.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8782

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.0.
  • Credit to Cheolung Lee of LINE+ Security Team.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8783

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.1.
  • Credit to Cheolung Lee of LINE+ Graylab Security Team.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8808

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.0.
  • Credit to found by OSS-Fuzz.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8811

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.1.
  • Credit to Soyeon Park of SSLab at Georgia Tech.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8812

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.2 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.2.
  • Credit to an anonymous researcher.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8813

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.1.
  • Credit to an anonymous researcher.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting. Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

• CVE-2019-8814

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.2 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.2.
  • Credit to Cheolung Lee of LINE+ Security Team.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8815

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.0 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.0.
  • Credit to Apple.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8816

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.1.
  • Credit to Soyeon Park of SSLab at Georgia Tech.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8819

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.1.
  • Credit to Cheolung Lee of LINE+ Security Team.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8820

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.1.
  • Credit to Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8821

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.24.4 and WPE WebKit before 2.24.3.
  • Credit to Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8822

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.24.4 and WPE WebKit before 2.24.3.
  • Credit to Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

• CVE-2019-8823

  • Versions affected: WebKitGTK before 2.26.1 and WPE WebKit before 2.26.1.
  • Credit to Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero.
  • Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

We recommend updating to the latest stable versions of WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit. It is the best way to ensure that you are running safe versions of WebKit. Please check our websites for information about the latest stable releases.

Further information about WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit security advisories can be found at: https://webkitgtk.org/security.html or https://wpewebkit.org/security/.