{"id":"USN-6582-1","summary":"webkit2gtk vulnerability","details":"Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript\nengines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote\nattacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,\nincluding cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and\narbitrary code execution.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:43:01.049050Z","published":"2024-01-15T13:52:06Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42883"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-42883","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42883"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6582-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-42883"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"webkit2gtk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.34.0-1ubuntu1","2.34.1-1ubuntu1","2.34.2-1ubuntu1","2.34.3-1","2.35.3-1ubuntu1","2.35.90-1ubuntu1","2.36.0-2ubuntu1","2.36.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2","2.38.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1","2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-webkit-6.0","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-webkit2-4.0","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-webkit2-4.1","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libwebkitgtk-6.0-4","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"},{"binary_name":"webkit2gtk-driver","binary_version":"2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2023-42883"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6582-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}