Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting webkitgtk package, versions [,2.48.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WEBKITGTK-12427281
  • published2 Sept 2025
  • disclosed1 Aug 2025
  • creditYuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, Xiaojie Wei

Introduced: 1 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-43211  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade webkitgtk to version 2.48.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the memory handling process. An attacker can cause a service disruption by enticing a user to process specially crafted web content.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1