CVE-2019-8720

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2023-03-06

Last modified

2026-10-08

Known exploited (CISA KEV)

since 2022-05-23, action due 2022-06-13: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Codeready Linux Builder (Redhat)
• Codeready Linux Builder Eus (Redhat)
• Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64 Eus (Redhat)
• Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems Eus (Redhat)
• Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian Eus (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Eus (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux For Arm64 Eus (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Server Aus (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Server Tus (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
• Webkitgtk (Webkitgtk)
• Wpe Webkit (Wpewebkit)

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876611
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8720