Type Confusion in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2024-54505

 

Type Confusion in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2024-54505

Published: December 11, 2024 / Updated: December 23, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101722
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54505
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted website, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
visionOS
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
watchOS
macOS
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
webkit-jsc-4.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit-jsc-4
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Apple Safari
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component

How to mitigate CVE-2024-54505

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.46.5
WPE WebKit - update to 2.46.5
visionOS - update to 2.2
watchOS - update to 11.2
macOS - update to 15.2 24C101
tvOS - update to 18.2
Apple Safari - update to 18.2
iPadOS - addressed in versions 17.7.3, 18.2 22C152
Apple iOS - update to 18.2 22C152
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.4.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3 FP11
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.24.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.46.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.46.5-1.el8_2, 2.46.5-1.el8_4, 2.46.5-1.el8_6, 2.46.5-1.el8_8, 2.46.5-1.el8_10, 2.46.5-1.el9_0, 2.46.5-1.el9_2, 2.46.5-1.el9_4, 2.46.5-1.el9_5
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.46.5-1.fc40, 2.46.5-1.fc41
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.46.5-1~deb12u1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.46.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.46.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.46.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.46.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.46.5-4.25.1, 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1, 2.46.6-150200.133.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.46.5-150400.4.103.1, 2.46.5-150600.12.24.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.16.32, 4.17.14
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1

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