Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in WebKitGTK, the GTK port of the WebKit web rendering engine, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. These include address bar spoofing, cross-origin data exfiltration, unexpected process crashes, memory corruption, and potential arbitrary code execution triggered by processing malicious web content or files. Red Hat has issued an important security update (RHSA-2024:9553) addressing these issues. The update is available for various Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants and architectures.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers several security flaws in WebKitGTK, including CVE-2024-27856 which allows processing a file to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Other vulnerabilities include address bar spoofing (CVE-2024-40866), cross-origin data exfiltration (CVE-2024-44187), process crashes from crafted web content (CVE-2024-44185, CVE-2024-44244), and memory corruption (CVE-2024-54534). These issues arise from improper handling of malicious web content or files in the web rendering engine. Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to mitigate these risks.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow attackers to spoof the browser address bar, exfiltrate data across origins, cause unexpected process crashes, corrupt memory, or execute arbitrary code. This can lead to compromised confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems running vulnerable versions of WebKitGTK on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages as part of advisory RHSA-2024:9553 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No indication exists that these issues are already mitigated or require alternative workarounds. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in WebKitGTK, the GTK port of the WebKit web rendering engine, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. These include address bar spoofing, cross-origin data exfiltration, unexpected process crashes, memory corruption, and potential arbitrary code execution triggered by processing malicious web content or files. Red Hat has issued an important security update (RHSA-2024:9553) addressing these issues. The update is available for various Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants and architectures.
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers several security flaws in WebKitGTK, including CVE-2024-27856 which allows processing a file to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Other vulnerabilities include address bar spoofing (CVE-2024-40866), cross-origin data exfiltration (CVE-2024-44187), process crashes from crafted web content (CVE-2024-44185, CVE-2024-44244), and memory corruption (CVE-2024-54534). These issues arise from improper handling of malicious web content or files in the web rendering engine. Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to mitigate these risks.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow attackers to spoof the browser address bar, exfiltrate data across origins, cause unexpected process crashes, corrupt memory, or execute arbitrary code. This can lead to compromised confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems running vulnerable versions of WebKitGTK on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages as part of advisory RHSA-2024:9553 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No indication exists that these issues are already mitigated or require alternative workarounds. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:9553
- Cve Count
- 7
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-40866","CVE-2024-44185","CVE-2024-44187","CVE-2024-44244","CVE-2024-54534","CVE-2025-43480"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a419cbb27e9c79719abefd5
Added to database: 06/28/2026, 22:14:19 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 22:36:04 UTC
Last updated: 07/07/2026, 22:28:13 UTC
Views: 14
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