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Debian: DSA-5183-1 Critical: Wpewebkit Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2022
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Update the wpewebkit framework to address vulnerabilities noted in DSA-5183-1, particularly those relating to potential remote code execution threats.
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WPE WebKit web engine: CVE-2022-22677

Summary

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WPE WebKit
web engine:

CVE-2022-22677

An anonymous researcher discovered that the video in a webRTC call
may be interrupted if the audio capture gets interrupted.

CVE-2022-26710

Chijin Zhou discovered that processing maliciously crafted web
content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.36.4-1~deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wpewebkit packages.

For the detailed security status of wpewebkit please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wpewebkit

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: wpewebkit
CVE ID: CVE-2022-22677 CVE-2022-26710

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