Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2024-27859

 

Buffer overflow in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2024-27859

Published: February 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103761
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27859
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: WebKitGTK
Affected software:
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+

Detailed vulnerability description

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 trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2024-27859

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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