UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42890

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42890

    Published: 12 Dec 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-42890

    Summary:

    Details: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-42890, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0012.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42890

    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