UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8720

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8720

    Published: 1 Nov 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-8720
    Aliases:
    USN-4178-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in WebKit. The flaw is triggered when processing maliciously crafted web content that may lead to arbitrary code execution. Improved memory handling addresses the multiple memory corruption issues.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8720, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4178-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8720, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qtwebkit-opensource-src

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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