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webkit2gtk, wpewebkit — security advisory
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Safari 14.0. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.
- Products
- webkit2gtk, wpewebkit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.30.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-9983
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Safari 14.0. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9983
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.30.3-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.30.3-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.30.3-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.30.3-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.30.3-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.30.3-1
Complete source record
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