{"id":"USN-6545-1","summary":"webkit2gtk vulnerabilities","details":"Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript\nengines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote\nattacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,\nincluding cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and\narbitrary code execution.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:27Z","published":"2023-12-11T12:32:24Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42916","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42917"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-42916","CVE-2023-42917","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42916","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42917"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6545-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-42916"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-42917"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"webkit2gtk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.34.0-1ubuntu1","2.34.1-1ubuntu1","2.34.2-1ubuntu1","2.34.3-1","2.35.3-1ubuntu1","2.35.90-1ubuntu1","2.36.0-2ubuntu1","2.36.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2","2.38.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-webkit-6.0"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-webkit2-4.0"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-webkit2-4.1"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libwebkitgtk-6.0-4"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"webkit2gtk-driver"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6545-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2023-42916","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-42917","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}