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Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update

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Published: 01/13/2025 (01/13/2025, 10:45:21 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 8.4 variants. These vulnerabilities include several issues where processing maliciously crafted web content can cause unexpected process crashes and memory corruption. The issues are tracked under CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54505, and CVE-2024-54508. Red Hat has released an important security update to address these vulnerabilities.

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Technical Analysis

Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:0278) for webkit2gtk3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants, addressing four vulnerabilities in the WebKitGTK engine. These vulnerabilities allow processing of maliciously crafted web content to lead to unexpected process crashes (CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54508) and memory corruption (CVE-2024-54505). The advisory rates the update as important and provides updated packages to remediate these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, and no known exploits in the wild have been reported. The advisory includes detailed package updates and references for remediation.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may cause affected processes to crash unexpectedly or experience memory corruption, potentially leading to denial of service or other stability issues. The impact is rated as important by Red Hat, indicating a high security concern but no confirmed active exploitation. No further impact details such as code execution or data disclosure are provided in the advisory.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated webkit2gtk3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0278 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issues. Patch status is confirmed as a vendor-provided official fix. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

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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-2025:0278
Cve Count
4
Additional Cves
["CVE-2024-54502","CVE-2024-54505","CVE-2024-54508"]

Threat ID: 6a18be67e29bf47b503879a9

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

Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 23:55:45 UTC

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

Views: 56

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