Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qt5-qtwebengine package, versions <5.15.17-r7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
0.12% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-QT5QTWEBENGINE-9833907
  • published27 Apr 2025
  • disclosed11 Mar 2025

Introduced: 11 Mar 2025

CVE-2025-24201  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 qt5-qtwebengine to version 5.15.17-r7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt5-qtwebengine package and not the qt5-qtwebengine package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2.3.2, iOS 18.3.2 and iPadOS 18.3.2, macOS Sequoia 15.3.2, Safari 18.3.1, watchOS 11.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4. Maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. This is a supplementary fix for an attack that was blocked in iOS 17.2. (Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1