Security News > 2020 > November > WebKit Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution via Malicious Websites
The WebKit browser engine is affected by several vulnerabilities, including ones that can be exploited for remote code execution by convincing the targeted user to visit a malicious website.
Cisco's Talos threat intelligence and research group revealed on Monday that one of its researchers identified several high-severity use-after-free vulnerabilities that can be exploited for remote code execution by getting the targeted user to access a specially crafted web page with a browser that uses WebKit.
The vulnerabilities are related to WebKit's WebSocket, AudioSourceProviderGStreamer and ImageDecoderGStreamer functionality.
An advisory published last week by the developers of WebKitGTK, a full-featured port of WebKit, and WPE, the WebKit implementation for embedded and low-consumption devices, mentions two code execution vulnerabilities found by Talos - one disclosed now and one disclosed in September - as well as several flaws reported by other researchers.
Apple will likely patch the latest WebKit vulnerabilities with upcoming software updates.