UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39928

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39928

    Published: 28 Sept 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-39928
    Aliases:
    USN-6426-1

    Summary:

    Details: A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-39928, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6426-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39928

    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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