CVE-2019-8720 (GCVE-0-2019-8720)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-06 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
A vulnerability was found in WebKit. The flaw is triggered when processing maliciously crafted web content that may lead to arbitrary code execution. Improved memory handling addresses the multiple memory corruption issues.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a webkitgtk Version: Fixed in webkitgtk 2.26.0
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-05-23

Due date: 2022-06-13

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8720

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