Memory Leak Affecting webkitgtk4-jsc-devel package, versions <0:2.48.3-2.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WEBKITGTK4JSCDEVEL-10654446
  • published7 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 Dec 2021

Introduced: 17 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-45481  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 webkitgtk4-jsc-devel to version 0:2.48.3-2.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:10364.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkitgtk4-jsc-devel package and not the webkitgtk4-jsc-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In WebKitGTK before 2.32.4, there is incorrect memory allocation in WebCore::ImageBufferCairoImageSurfaceBackend::create, leading to a segmentation violation and application crash, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-30889.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1