CVE-2019-11070

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-19

Description

WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 failed to properly apply configured HTTP proxy settings when downloading livestream video (HLS, DASH, or Smooth Streaming), an error resulting in deanonymization. This issue was corrected by changing the way livestreams are downloaded.

Affected products

Webkit: before 2.24.1 — fixed in 2.24.1
Wpewebkit Wpe Webkit: before 2.24.1 — fixed in 2.24.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Webkit 2.24.1; Wpewebkit Wpe Webkit 2.24.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152485/WebKitGTK-WPE-WebKit-URI-Spoofing-Code-Execution.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/11/1
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193718
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO5ZBUWOOXMVZPBYLZRDZF6ZQGBYJERQ/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/21
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-05
https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243197/webkit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html

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