Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK and webkit components in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 2 may allow processing of maliciously crafted web content to cause unexpected process crashes or memory corruption. These issues are addressed in a security update provided by Red Hat. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. The update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:0276) for webkit2gtk3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 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 may lead to unexpected process crashes or memory corruption in the WebKitGTK port of the WebKit rendering engine on the GTK platform. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues. The vulnerabilities are associated with CWE-404 (Improper Resource Shutdown), CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), CWE-843 (Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type), and CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes to crash unexpectedly or result in memory corruption, potentially impacting application stability or security. No information about exploitation in the wild is currently available. The overall security impact is rated as Important by Red Hat, indicating a significant but not critical threat level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0276 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. Since a vendor-provided official fix is available, applying the update is the recommended mitigation. No additional vendor guidance indicates that other mitigations or workarounds are necessary.
Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK and webkit components in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 2 may allow processing of maliciously crafted web content to cause unexpected process crashes or memory corruption. These issues are addressed in a security update provided by Red Hat. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. The update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:0276) for webkit2gtk3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 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 may lead to unexpected process crashes or memory corruption in the WebKitGTK port of the WebKit rendering engine on the GTK platform. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues. The vulnerabilities are associated with CWE-404 (Improper Resource Shutdown), CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), CWE-843 (Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type), and CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes to crash unexpectedly or result in memory corruption, potentially impacting application stability or security. No information about exploitation in the wild is currently available. The overall security impact is rated as Important by Red Hat, indicating a significant but not critical threat level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0276 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. Since a vendor-provided official fix is available, applying the update is the recommended mitigation. No additional vendor guidance indicates that other mitigations or workarounds are necessary.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:0276
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-54502","CVE-2024-54505","CVE-2024-54508"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a18be67e29bf47b503879b2
Added to database: 5/28/2026, 10:15:03 PM
Last enriched: 5/28/2026, 10:19:42 PM
Last updated: 5/29/2026, 2:16:38 PM
Views: 2
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