Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in WebKitGTK and webkit components used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6 variants. These vulnerabilities include processing maliciously crafted web content that may cause unexpected process crashes or memory corruption. The issues are tracked under CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updated packages to address these vulnerabilities. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
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Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security has released an important security advisory (RHSA-2025:0277) addressing four vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK and webkit components. These vulnerabilities arise from processing maliciously crafted web content, leading to unexpected process crashes (CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54508) and memory corruption (CVE-2024-54505). The affected products include Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants such as AppStream AUS, E4S, and TUS. The advisory provides updated webkit2gtk3 packages to remediate these issues. Detailed CVSS scores are not provided in the advisory, but the overall impact is rated as important by Red Hat.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes to crash unexpectedly or suffer memory corruption when processing malicious web content. This could lead to denial of service or potentially unstable behavior in applications relying on WebKitGTK. No evidence of active exploitation has been reported. The vulnerabilities affect multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants, potentially impacting systems running graphical applications or services that utilize WebKitGTK for web content rendering.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0277 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these official patches is the recommended remediation. There are no indications that additional mitigations are required beyond applying the update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in WebKitGTK and webkit components used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6 variants. These vulnerabilities include processing maliciously crafted web content that may cause unexpected process crashes or memory corruption. The issues are tracked under CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updated packages to address these vulnerabilities. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security has released an important security advisory (RHSA-2025:0277) addressing four vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK and webkit components. These vulnerabilities arise from processing maliciously crafted web content, leading to unexpected process crashes (CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54508) and memory corruption (CVE-2024-54505). The affected products include Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants such as AppStream AUS, E4S, and TUS. The advisory provides updated webkit2gtk3 packages to remediate these issues. Detailed CVSS scores are not provided in the advisory, but the overall impact is rated as important by Red Hat.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes to crash unexpectedly or suffer memory corruption when processing malicious web content. This could lead to denial of service or potentially unstable behavior in applications relying on WebKitGTK. No evidence of active exploitation has been reported. The vulnerabilities affect multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants, potentially impacting systems running graphical applications or services that utilize WebKitGTK for web content rendering.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0277 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these official patches is the recommended remediation. There are no indications that additional mitigations are required beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:0277
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-54502","CVE-2024-54505","CVE-2024-54508"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a18be67e29bf47b50387802
Added to database: 5/28/2026, 10:15:03 PM
Last enriched: 5/28/2026, 10:20:09 PM
Last updated: 5/29/2026, 2:16:43 PM
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