# CVE-2019-8375: The UIProcess subsystem in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK through 2.23.90 and WebKitGTK+ through 2.22.6 and other products, does not prevent t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2019-02-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The UIProcess subsystem in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK through 2.23.90 and WebKitGTK+ through 2.22.6 and other products, does not prevent the script dialog size from exceeding the web view size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Buffer Overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, related to UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitScriptDialogGtk.cpp, UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitScriptDialogImpl.cpp, and UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitWebViewGtk.cpp, as demonstrated by GNOME Web (aka Epiphany).

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## References

- https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/241515/webkit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46465/
- https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/commit/6f9b511a115311b13c06eb58038ddc2c78da5531
- https://www.inputzero.io/2019/02/fuzzing-webkit.html
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184875
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00058.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00005.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46465

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