CVE-2019-8720 on CISA KEV

A vulnerability was found in WebKit. The flaw is triggered when processing maliciously crafted web content that may lead to arbitrary code execution. Improved memory handling addresses the multiple memory corruption issues.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

A vulnerability was found in WebKit. The flaw is triggered when processing maliciously crafted web content that may lead to arbitrary code execution. Improved memory handling addresses the multiple memory corruption issues.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876611
• webkitgtk.org — https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.html

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / webkitgtk	Fixed in webkitgtk 2.26.0

06Detection

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