# CVE-2023-39928: A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-06 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- Webkit: WebKitGTK 2.40.5

## Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MediaRecorder API of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.40.5. A specially crafted web page can abuse this vulnerability to cause memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. A user would need to to visit a malicious webpage to trigger this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Webkit, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1831
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5527
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EEMDC5TQAANFH5D77QM34ZTUKXPFGVL/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33

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