A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EEMDC5TQAANFH5D77QM34ZTUKXPFGVL/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33 | |
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1831 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5527 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EEMDC5TQAANFH5D77QM34ZTUKXPFGVL/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33 | |
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1831 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5527 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1831 |
Configurations
History
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| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EEMDC5TQAANFH5D77QM34ZTUKXPFGVL/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33 - | |
| References | () https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1831 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5527 - Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2023-10-06 16:15
Updated : 2025-11-04 20:16
NVD link : CVE-2023-39928
Mitre link : CVE-2023-39928
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-39928
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Products Affected
fedoraproject
- fedora
debian
- debian_linux
webkitgtk
- webkitgtk
CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free
