CVE-2022-32885

Publication date 24 April 2023

Last updated 1 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, Safari 15.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qtwebkit-opensource-src	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support
qtwebkit-source	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support
webkit2gtk	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2.40.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.38.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
webkitgtk	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support
wpewebkit	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

jdstrand

webkit receives limited support. For details, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#webkit webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6061-1
WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
8 May 2023