Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform. Security Fix(es): * angle: insufficient input validation can cause undefined behavior (CVE-2025-6558) * webkitgtk: A download?s origin may be incorrectly associated (CVE-2025-43240) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2025-31273) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2025-31278) * webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service (CVE-2025-43211) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash (CVE-2025-43212) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash (CVE-2025-43216) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information (CVE-2025-43227) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose internal states of the app (CVE-2025-43265) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers a set of nine security vulnerabilities in the WebKitGTK+ package for GTK+ 3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. The issues include CVE-2025-6558 (angle: insufficient input validation causing undefined behavior), CVE-2025-43240 (incorrect download origin association), CVE-2025-31273 and CVE-2025-31278 (memory corruption from malicious web content), CVE-2025-43211 (denial-of-service), CVE-2025-43212 and CVE-2025-43216 (unexpected Safari crashes), and CVE-2025-43227 and CVE-2025-43265 (disclosure of sensitive user information and internal app states). These vulnerabilities arise from processing maliciously crafted web content or insufficient validation, potentially leading to memory corruption, crashes, denial-of-service, or information disclosure. Red Hat has issued patches as part of advisory RHSA-2025:15729 to address these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to undefined behavior, memory corruption, denial-of-service conditions, unexpected application crashes, and disclosure of sensitive user information or internal application states when processing maliciously crafted web content. These impacts can affect the stability and confidentiality of applications using WebKitGTK+ on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for webkitgtk4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:15729 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: webkit2gtk3 security update
Description
WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform. Security Fix(es): * angle: insufficient input validation can cause undefined behavior (CVE-2025-6558) * webkitgtk: A download?s origin may be incorrectly associated (CVE-2025-43240) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2025-31273) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2025-31278) * webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service (CVE-2025-43211) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash (CVE-2025-43212) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash (CVE-2025-43216) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information (CVE-2025-43227) * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose internal states of the app (CVE-2025-43265) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers a set of nine security vulnerabilities in the WebKitGTK+ package for GTK+ 3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. The issues include CVE-2025-6558 (angle: insufficient input validation causing undefined behavior), CVE-2025-43240 (incorrect download origin association), CVE-2025-31273 and CVE-2025-31278 (memory corruption from malicious web content), CVE-2025-43211 (denial-of-service), CVE-2025-43212 and CVE-2025-43216 (unexpected Safari crashes), and CVE-2025-43227 and CVE-2025-43265 (disclosure of sensitive user information and internal app states). These vulnerabilities arise from processing maliciously crafted web content or insufficient validation, potentially leading to memory corruption, crashes, denial-of-service, or information disclosure. Red Hat has issued patches as part of advisory RHSA-2025:15729 to address these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to undefined behavior, memory corruption, denial-of-service conditions, unexpected application crashes, and disclosure of sensitive user information or internal application states when processing maliciously crafted web content. These impacts can affect the stability and confidentiality of applications using WebKitGTK+ on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for webkitgtk4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:15729 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:15729
- Cve Count
- 9
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-31273","CVE-2025-31278","CVE-2025-43211","CVE-2025-43212","CVE-2025-43216","CVE-2025-43227","CVE-2025-43240","CVE-2025-43265"]
Threat ID: 6a3da1e44853345fc182cf80
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:16 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:31:19 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:51 UTC
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