🛡️ CVE-2023-42875 on Debian — webkit2gtk

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

Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, watchOS 10, tvOS 17, Safari 17. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-42875 as tracked by Debian, for the package webkit2gtk. The fix is available in version 2.42.0-1; 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 low-level 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 none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42875 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42875 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • webkit2gtk (fixed in 2.42.0-1)
  • wpewebkit (fixed in 2.42.0-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 April 2025 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-2023-42875 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-04-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
webkit2gtk — 2.42.0-1
wpewebkit — 2.42.0-1

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