Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-8375
CVE-2019-8375
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).
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
17- Range: <=2.22.6
- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/gtk3&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk3&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP4
< 2.32.4-1.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32.4-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-lp150.2.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24.0-2.38.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/WebKit/webkit/commit/6f9b511a115311b13c06eb58038ddc2c78da5531nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- trac.webkit.org/changeset/241515/webkitnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46465/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.inputzero.io/2019/02/fuzzing-webkit.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00058.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.