CVE-2022-42826

webkitgtk: use-after-free issue leading to arbitrary code execution

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, Safari 16.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

A vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This issue exists due to a use-after-free error when processing maliciously crafted web content in WebKit. This may allow an attacker to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, causing an application to halt, crash, or perform arbitrary code execution.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine. Francisco Alonso discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. YeongHyeon Choi, Hyeon Park, SeOk JEON, YoungSung Ahn, JunSeo Bae and Dohyun Lee discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-11 CVE Reserved
2023-02-07 CVE Published
2025-03-11 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32	2023-05-30
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488	2023-05-30
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489	2023-05-30
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213495	2023-05-30
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42826	2023-05-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167716	2023-05-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				< 16.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " < 16.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 16.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 16.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				< 13.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " < 13.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"				< 16.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari" and version " < 16.1"		-		Affected