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CVE-2020-13584 (GCVE-0-2020-13584)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-03 17:02 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:25
VLAI
Summary
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in WebKitGTK browser version 2.30.1 x64. A specially crafted HTML web page can cause a use-after-free condition, resulting in a remote code execution. The victim needs to visit a malicious web site to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • use-after free
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_repor… x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Webkit Affected: Webkit WebKitGTK 2.30.1
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