🛡️ CVE-2022-46691 on Debian — webkit2gtk

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

Description

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-46691 as tracked by Debian, for the package webkit2gtk. The fix is available in version 2.38.1-1; 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.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-46691 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • webkit2gtk (fixed in 2.38.1-1)
  • wpewebkit (fixed in 2.38.1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 15 December 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-2022-46691 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 2022-12-15
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
webkit2gtk — 2.38.1-1
wpewebkit — 2.38.1-1

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