CVE-2019-8720
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Memory corruption · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
8.8CVSS HIGH ● exploited
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2022-05-23. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-06-13.
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.htmlAdvisory
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.htmlAdvisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876611Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876611Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8720