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webkit2gtk, wpewebkit — security advisory
A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Products
- webkit2gtk, wpewebkit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.38.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-46691
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 15:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-46691
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.38.1-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.38.1-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.38.1-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.38.1-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.38.1-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.38.1-1
Complete source record
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