🛡️ CVE-2022-22637 on Debian — webkit2gtk

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3, Safari 15.4, watchOS 8.5, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4. A malicious website may cause unexpected cross-origin behavior.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-22637 as tracked by Debian, for the package webkit2gtk. The fix is available in version 2.34.4-1; 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-2022-22637 is classified as CWE-346: Origin Validation Error. The origin of a message or request is not verified properly, so one source can pose as another.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22637 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • webkit2gtk (fixed in 2.34.4-1)
  • wpewebkit (fixed in 2.34.4-1)

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-2022-22637 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 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
webkit2gtk — 2.34.4-1
wpewebkit — 2.34.4-1

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