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webkit2gtk, wpewebkit — security advisory
A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Products
- webkit2gtk, wpewebkit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.38.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-42833
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42833
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.38.0-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.38.0-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.38.0-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.38.0-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.38.0-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.38.0-1
Complete source record
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