CVE-2020-13753

Publication date 13 July 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

10.0 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

The bubblewrap sandbox of WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit, prior to 2.28.3, failed to properly block access to CLONE_NEWUSER and the TIOCSTI ioctl. CLONE_NEWUSER could potentially be used to confuse xdg-desktop-portal, which allows access outside the sandbox. TIOCSTI can be used to directly execute commands outside the sandbox by writing to the controlling terminal's input buffer, similar to CVE-2017-5226.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qtwebkit 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
qtwebkit-opensource-src 24.04 LTS noble Ignored
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
qtwebkit-source 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
webkit2gtk 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
webkitgtk 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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 10.0 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4422-1
    • WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
    • 14 July 2020
    • USN-4648-1
    • WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
    • 26 November 2020

Other references