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A type confusion issue that may have been actively exploited has been identified in the WebKitGTK web engine (CVE-2023-32439). With a low attack complexity and a high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact, this vulnerability has received a National Vulnerability Database severity rating of High.

This flaw may lead to arbitrary code execution by processing maliciously crafted web content.  

An important WebKitGTK security update that fixes this bug has been released. We urge all impacted users to apply the WebKitGTK updates issued by their distro(s) as soon as possible to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their systems and their sensitive data.

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