CVE-2019-8720 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in WebKit, affecting products like Red Hat, WebKitGTK, and WPE WebKit. This flaw allows attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by enticing users to process maliciously crafted web content. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Notably, this vulnerability is listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating active exploitation in the wild, despite a lack of public exploit code or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.26.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.26.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpewebkit:wpe_webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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