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High ALSA-2024:8180 11 CVEs

Important: webkit2gtk3 security update

Published Oct 16, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.

Security Fix(es):

* webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Use after free may lead to Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-40776)
* webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash (CVE-2024-40789)
* webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking (CVE-2024-40780)
* webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking (CVE-2024-40779)
* webkitgtk: webkit2gtk: Use-after-free was addressed with improved memory management (CVE-2024-40782)
* webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing (CVE-2024-40866)
* webkitgtk: A malicious website may cause unexpected cross-origin behavior (CVE-2024-23271)
* webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2024-27820)
* webkitgtk: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user (CVE-2024-27838)
* webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2024-27851)
* webkitgtk: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin (CVE-2024-44187)

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.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3 2.46.1-2.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-devel 2.46.1-2.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.46.1-2.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel 2.46.1-2.el9_4

Vulnerabilities 11

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23271
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27820
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27838
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27851
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40776
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40779
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40780
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40782
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40789
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40866
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44187
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2301841
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302067
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302069
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302070
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302071
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2312724
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314696
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314698
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314702
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314704
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314706
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-8180.html