Is CVE-2020-27918 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-27918 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-27918?

CVE-2020-27918 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-27918?

CVE-2020-27918 has an EPSS score of 1.36% (68th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27918?

Upgrade webkit2gtk on debian 11 to 2.30.6-1 or later. Fixes are available for 19 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-27918

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, iCloud for Windows 11.5, Safari 14.0.1, tvOS 14.2, iTunes 12.11 for Windows. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

webkit2gtkDebian

Fixed in:2.30.6-1CVE-2020-27918

webkitgtk4Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4Rocky

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-develRocky

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-docRocky

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-docRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-jscRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-jscRocky

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-jsc-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

webkitgtk4-jsc-develRocky

Fixed in:0:2.48.3-2.el7_9RHSA-2025:10364

libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.30.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-4894-1

Fixed in:2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-4894-1

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.30.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-4894-1

Fixed in:2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-4894-1

webkit2gtkUbuntu

Fixed in:2.30.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-4894-1

Fixed in:2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-4894-1

SafariWindows application

Affected:14.0.1Fixed in:14.0.1Apple Inc.

iCloud (Legacy)Windows application

Affected:11.5Fixed in:11.5Apple Inc.

iTunesWindows application

Affected:12.11Fixed in:12.11Apple Inc.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory7

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references3

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Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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