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ALSA-2024:8180 Not scored

Important: webkit2gtk3 security update

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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 16, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 webkit2gtk3-devel
AlmaLinux:9 webkit2gtk3-jsc
AlmaLinux:9 webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
AlmaLinux:9 webkit2gtk3

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2024:8180

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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence