Missing Initialization of Resource Affecting webkitgtk package, versions [,2.52.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WEBKITGTK-15763365
  • published25 Mar 2026
  • disclosed18 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Mar 2026

CVE-2025-46299  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-909  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade webkitgtk to version 2.52.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Initialization of Resource in the process of handling web content due to improper memory initialization. An attacker can access sensitive internal application states by tricking a user into processing or loading malicious web content. This is only exploitable if the application is used via a graphical interface to process untrusted web content, such as through GNOME, and certain dependent packages are installed and in use.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by not processing or loading untrusted web content with the affected software, or by removing dependent packages that require the vulnerable component, though this may impact system functionality.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1