SB2025022215 - SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
Published: February 22, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 7 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27856)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when handling Text objects. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54543)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54658)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and crash the browser.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24143)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to fingerprint users.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and fingerprint the user.
5) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24150)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in WebKit Web Inspector. A remote attacker can trick the victim into copying a specially crafted URL from the WebKit Web Inspector and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.
6) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24158)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24162)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.