ArchLinux: 202004-17: webkit2gtk: arbitrary code execution
Summary
A use-after-free has been found in WebKitGTK before 2.2.8.1, where processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution or application crash (denial of service).
Resolution
Upgrade to 2.28.1-1.
# pacman -Syu "webkit2gtk>=2.28.1-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.28.1.
References
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0004.html https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2020-0004.html#CVE-2020-11793 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-11793
Workaround
None.