CVE-2024-40789 Affecting webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel package, versions <0:2.46.3-1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-WEBKIT2GTK3JSCDEVEL-8399770
  • published 20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 29 Jul 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel to version 0:2.46.3-1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:9636.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel package and not the webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, Safari 17.6, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, macOS Sonoma 14.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.5 medium
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SUSE

7.5 high