CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-42823

HIGH
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.1, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9.1, Safari 16.1, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

How to fix

Remediation Available
webkit2gtkDebian
Fixed in:2.38.2-1~deb11u1CVE-2022-42823
Fixed in:2.38.2-1CVE-2022-42823
Fixed in:2.38.2-1CVE-2022-42823
Fixed in:2.38.2-1CVE-2022-42823
webkit2gtk3Rocky
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webkit2gtk3Red Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-debuginfoRocky
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webkit2gtk3-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-debugsourceRocky
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webkit2gtk3-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-develRocky
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webkit2gtk3-develRed Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfoRocky
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webkit2gtk3-jscRed Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-jscRocky
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webkit2gtk3-jsc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-jsc-develRed Hat / RHEL
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webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL
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webkitgtk4Rocky
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webkitgtk4Red Hat / RHEL
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webkitgtk4-develRocky
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webkitgtk4-develRed Hat / RHEL
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webkitgtk4-docRed Hat / RHEL
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webkitgtk4-jsc-develRocky
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webkitgtk4-jsc-develRed Hat / RHEL
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libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5730-1
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-5730-1
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libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-5730-1
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5730-1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5.0-0Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5730-1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5730-1
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libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-5730-1
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5730-1
libwebkit2gtk-5.0-0Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5730-1
webkit2gtkUbuntu
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5730-1
Fixed in:2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2USN-5730-1
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SafariWindows application
Affected:16.1Fixed in:16.1Apple 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 VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days
69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

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