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ubuntu-cve-2023-2203

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-05-17 22:15

Modified

2026-04-22 07:44

Summary

Details

A flaw was found in the WebKitGTK package. An improper input validation issue may lead to a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows attackers with network access to pass specially crafted web content files, causing a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28205 security regression for the WebKitGTK package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2203	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2203	REPORT

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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2203",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:44:59Z",
  "published": "2023-05-17T22:15:00Z",
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}

CVE-2023-2203 (GCVE-0-2023-2203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-22 19:41

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-416 - - Use After Free

Assigner

redhat

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188543
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2203
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2653

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	WebKitGTK	Affected: Affects webkit2gtk3 v2.38.5-1.el8 and webkit2gtk3 v2.38.5-1.el9, Fixed in webkit2gtk3 v2.38.5-1.el8_8.3 and webkit2gtk3 v2.38.5-1.el9_2.1

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-2203 (GCVE-0-2023-2203)

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