CVE-2018-4261

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 11.4.1, tvOS 11.4.1, Safari 11.1.2, iTunes 12.8 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.6.

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 11.4.1, tvOS 11.4.1, Safari 11.1.2, iTunes 12.8 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.6.

The webkit2 package has been updated to version 2.20.5, fixing several security issues and other bugs.

These are all security issues fixed in the libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.32.4-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.20.5 fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

• CVE-2018-12911: Fix off-by-one in xdg_mime_get_simple_globs (bsc#1101999).
• CVE-2018-4261, CVE-2018-4262, CVE-2018-4263, CVE-2018-4264, CVE-2018-4265, CVE-2018-4267, CVE-2018-4272, CVE-2018-4284: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
• CVE-2018-4266: A malicious website may be able to cause a denial of service. A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
• CVE-2018-4270, CVE-2018-4271, CVE-2018-4273: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected application crash. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
• CVE-2018-4278: A malicious website may exfiltrate audio data cross-origin. Sound fetched through audio elements may be exfiltrated cross-origin. This issue was addressed with improved audio taint tracking.

Other bugs fixed:

• Fix rendering artifacts in some web sites due to a bug introduced in 2.20.4.
• Fix a crash when leaving accelerated compositing mode.
• Fix non-deterministic build failure due to missing JavaScriptCore/JSContextRef.h.

This update for webkit2gtk3 to version 2.22.4 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

CVE-2018-4191, CVE-2018-4197, CVE-2018-4299, CVE-2018-4306, CVE-2018-4309, CVE-2018-4392, CVE-2018-4312, CVE-2018-4314, CVE-2018-4315, CVE-2018-4316, CVE-2018-4317, CVE-2018-4318, CVE-2018-4319, CVE-2018-4323, CVE-2018-4328, CVE-2018-4358, CVE-2018-4359, CVE-2018-4361, CVE-2018-4345, CVE-2018-4372, CVE-2018-4373, CVE-2018-4375, CVE-2018-4376, CVE-2018-4416, CVE-2018-4378, CVE-2018-4382, CVE-2018-4386 (bsc#1110279, bsc#1116998).

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.