Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Multiple vulnerabilities in webkit2gtk3, the GTK port of the WebKit rendering engine, allow processing of maliciously crafted web content that may lead to unexpected process crashes or memory corruption. These issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related packages. The vulnerabilities are identified by CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. Red Hat has released security updates addressing these issues.
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Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:0226) for webkit2gtk3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 EUS addressing four vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. These vulnerabilities involve processing maliciously crafted web content that can cause unexpected process crashes or memory corruption in the WebKitGTK engine. The advisory rates the impact as Important and provides updated packages to remediate these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the severity is considered high due to potential memory corruption and crashes.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes using webkit2gtk3 to crash unexpectedly or suffer memory corruption, potentially leading to denial of service or other stability issues. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild. The impact is limited to applications using the vulnerable WebKitGTK rendering engine on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0226 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in webkit2gtk3, the GTK port of the WebKit rendering engine, allow processing of maliciously crafted web content that may lead to unexpected process crashes or memory corruption. These issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related packages. The vulnerabilities are identified by CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. Red Hat has released security updates addressing these issues.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:0226) for webkit2gtk3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 EUS addressing four vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. These vulnerabilities involve processing maliciously crafted web content that can cause unexpected process crashes or memory corruption in the WebKitGTK engine. The advisory rates the impact as Important and provides updated packages to remediate these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the severity is considered high due to potential memory corruption and crashes.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes using webkit2gtk3 to crash unexpectedly or suffer memory corruption, potentially leading to denial of service or other stability issues. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild. The impact is limited to applications using the vulnerable WebKitGTK rendering engine on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0226 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:0226
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-54502","CVE-2024-54505","CVE-2024-54508"]
Threat ID: 6a18be67e29bf47b503879bb
Added to database: 05/28/2026, 22:15:03 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 23:56:03 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 48
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