🛡️ CVE-2023-32393 on Debian — webkit2gtk

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.3, tvOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-32393 as tracked by Debian, for the package webkit2gtk. The fix is available in version 2.40.0-1; 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.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32393 is recorded against 2 packages.

webkit2gtk (fixed in 2.40.0-1)
wpewebkit (fixed in 2.40.2-2)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 July 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-32393 on other distributions

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Base record Ubuntu

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 2023-07-27

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-07

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
webkit2gtk	—	2.40.0-1
wpewebkit	—	2.40.2-2

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32393

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