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Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update

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Published: 01/13/2025 (01/13/2025, 11:31:07 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in webkit2gtk3, the GTK port of the WebKit rendering engine, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support. These issues include processing maliciously crafted web content that may cause unexpected process crashes or memory corruption. The vulnerabilities are tracked under CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. Red Hat has released an important security update addressing these issues.

Affected software

Affected versions
=2.46.5-1.el9_2

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AILast updated: 06/28/2026, 23:55:28 UTC

Technical Analysis

The Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2025:0282 addresses four vulnerabilities in webkit2gtk3, a GTK port of the WebKit engine. The vulnerabilities include multiple instances where processing maliciously crafted web content can lead to unexpected process crashes (CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54508) and one instance of memory corruption (CVE-2024-54505). These issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these vulnerabilities.

Potential Impact

Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes to crash unexpectedly or suffer memory corruption, potentially impacting application stability and security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The vulnerabilities could be triggered by processing malicious web content, which may affect applications using webkit2gtk3 for rendering web data.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated packages for webkit2gtk3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0282 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified. Patch status is confirmed as an official fix available from Red Hat.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2025:0282
Cve Count
4
Additional Cves
["CVE-2024-54502","CVE-2024-54505","CVE-2024-54508"]

Threat ID: 6a18be67e29bf47b503877f9

Added to database: 05/28/2026, 22:15:03 UTC

Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 23:55:28 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC

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