usn-3948-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-04-16 13:45
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
webkit2gtk vulnerabilities
Details

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0",
            "binary_version": "2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.0",
            "binary_version": "2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "webkit2gtk-driver",
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          }
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        "name": "webkit2gtk",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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        "2.18.0-2",
        "2.18.0-2build1",
        "2.18.2-1",
        "2.18.3-1",
        "2.18.4-1",
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        "2.20.0-2",
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        "2.20.1-1",
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        "2.22.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and\nJavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious\nwebsite, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web\nbrowser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service\nattacks, and arbitrary code execution.\n",
  "id": "USN-3948-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:36Z",
  "published": "2019-04-16T13:45:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3948-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6251"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8375"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8506"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8518"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8523"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8524"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8535"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8536"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8544"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8551"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8558"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8559"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8563"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11070"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "webkit2gtk vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6251",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8375",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8506",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8518",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8523",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8524",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8535",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8536",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8544",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8551",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8558",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8559",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8563",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11070"
  ]
}



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