CVE-2019-8720A vulnerability was found in WebKit.
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It affects webkitgtk and 22 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
CISA lists it as known exploited since May 23, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 13, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV May 23, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 13, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 1.56% (percentile 75)
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
webkitgtk webkitgtk webkitgtk:webkitgtk | before 2.26.0 | NVD |
wpewebkit wpe_webkit wpewebkit:wpe_webkit | before 2.26.0 | NVD |
redhat codeready_linux_builder redhat:codeready_linux_builder | 8.0 | NVD |
redhat codeready_linux_builder_eus redhat:codeready_linux_builder_eus | 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64_eus redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64_eus | 8.0; 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems_eus redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems_eus | 8.0; 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian_eus redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian_eus | 8.0; 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux redhat:enterprise_linux | 8.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_eus | 8.4; 8.4; 8.6; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_arm64_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm64_eus | 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems | 7.0; 8.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus | 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian | 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian | 7.0; 8.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus | 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing | 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server redhat:enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus | 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions | 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus | 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions redhat:enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions | 8.4; 8.6 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | NVD |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876611issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0005.htmlvendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-8720us-government-resource
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