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CVE-2019-8720

A vulnerability was found in WebKit.

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: active
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

WebKit, the web browser engine used by Safari and other applications that render web content, is affected by this flaw. An attacker could exploit it by getting a user to open maliciously crafted web content, potentially allowing arbitrary code to run on the affected system.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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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.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  2. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  3. CVE published
  4. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  5. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a webkitgtk

    Fixed in webkitgtk 2.26.0

References 2

bugzilla.redhat.com

webkitgtk.org