critical
CVE-2023-40414
webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), AlmaLinux (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Rocky Linux (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alma 8 | webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-devel, webkit2gtk3-jsc and 1 more | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| alma 9 | webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-devel, webkit2gtk3-jsc and 1 more | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| amazon linux 2 | webkitgtk4, webkitgtk4-debuginfo, webkitgtk4-devel and 2 more | 2.42.5-1.amzn2.0.1 |
| debian 10 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed |
| debian 11 | webkit2gtk, wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1~deb11u1 |
| debian 12 | webkit2gtk, wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1~deb12u1 |
| debian 13 | webkit2gtk, wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1 |
| debian 14 | webkit2gtk, wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1 |
| echo | webkit2gtk, wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1~deb12u1 and 1 more |
| Oracle Linux 8 | webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-devel, webkit2gtk3-jsc and 1 more | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-devel, webkit2gtk3-jsc and 1 more | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | wpewebkit | 0:2.42.1-1 |
Show all 50 entries from 17 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alma 8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| alma 8 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| alma 8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| alma 8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| alma 9 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| alma 9 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| alma 9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| alma 9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| amazon linux 2 | webkitgtk4 | 2.42.5-1.amzn2.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | webkitgtk4-debuginfo | 2.42.5-1.amzn2.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | webkitgtk4-devel | 2.42.5-1.amzn2.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | webkitgtk4-jsc | 2.42.5-1.amzn2.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | webkitgtk4-jsc-devel | 2.42.5-1.amzn2.0.1 |
| debian 10 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed |
| debian 11 | webkit2gtk | 2.42.1-1~deb11u1 |
| debian 11 | wpewebkit | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | webkit2gtk | 2.42.1-1~deb12u1 |
| debian 12 | wpewebkit | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | webkit2gtk | 2.42.1-1 |
| debian 13 | wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1 |
| debian 14 | webkit2gtk | 2.42.1-1 |
| debian 14 | wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1 |
| echo | webkit2gtk | 2.42.1-1~deb12u1 |
| echo | wpewebkit | 2.42.1-1 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.42.5-1.el9 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | wpewebkit | 0:2.42.1-1 |
| rapidfort debian 13 | wpewebkit | 0:2.42.1-1 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3 | 0:2.42.5-1.el9 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 0:2.42.5-1.el9 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 0:2.42.5-1.el9 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 0:2.42.5-1.el9 |
| Red Hat | libwebkit2gtk | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | webkitgtk | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | webkitgtk-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | webkitgtk-doc | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | webkitgtk3 | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | webkitgtk3-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | webkitgtk3-doc | no fix listed |
| rocky 8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| rocky 8 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| rocky 8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| rocky 8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.42.5-1.el8 |
| ubuntu 22.04 | webkit2gtk | 2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/05/8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2126
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2982
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40414
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2241400
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2254326
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2254327
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2269743
All 47 references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270141
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270143
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270151
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271449
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271453
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271456
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241400
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254326
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254327
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269743
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270141
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270143
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270151
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271449
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271453
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271456
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1745
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32359
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-39928
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40414
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-41983
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-42852
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-42883
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-42890
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-23206
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-23213
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2126.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2982
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2023-40414.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2982.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40414
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213941
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2024-0001.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40414