🛡️ CVE-2022-22624 on Debian — webkit2gtk

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4, Safari 15.4. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-22624 as tracked by Debian, for the package webkit2gtk. The fix is available in version 2.36.0-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22624 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22624 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • webkit2gtk (fixed in 2.36.0-1)
  • wpewebkit (fixed in 2.36.0-2)

Timeline and source

Published on 23 September 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-22624 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-09-23
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
webkit2gtk — 2.36.0-1
wpewebkit — 2.36.0-2

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