Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-21779 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Webkit’s GraphicsContext handles certain events in WebKitGTK 2.30.4. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. A victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious web page to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 2 | |
| OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/23/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KYMMBQN4PRVDLMIJT2LY2BWHLYBD57P3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KYMMBQN4PRVDLMIJT2LY2BWHLYBD57P3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V4QORERLPDN3UNNJFJSOMHZZCU2G75Q6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V4QORERLPDN3UNNJFJSOMHZZCU2G75Q6/
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1238
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1238
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4945
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4945