Memory corruption in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2025-43272

 

Memory corruption in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2025-43272

Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU115323
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43272
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted website and crash the browser. 


Affected software

WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
Debian Linux
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
visionOS
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Fedora
watchOS
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
macOS
Apple iOS
iPadOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
webkit2gtk (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkit-jsc-4.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
Apple Safari

How to mitigate CVE-2025-43272

Install update from vendor's website.

WPE WebKit - update to 2.48.7
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.48.7
visionOS - update to 26.0 23M336
watchOS - update to 26.0 23R352
macOS - update to 26.0 25A354
Apple iOS - update to 26.0 23A341
iPadOS - update to 26.0 23A341
webkit2gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.48.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 2.48.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2, 2.48.7-0ubuntu0.25.04.2
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.50.0-1.el7_9
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.50.0-1.el8_2, 2.50.0-1.el8_4, 2.50.0-1.el8_6, 2.50.0-1.el8_8.1, 2.50.0-1.el8_10, 2.50.0-2.el9_0, 2.50.0-2.el9_2, 2.50.0-2.el9_4, 2.50.1-0.el9_6
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.50.0-2.fc41, 2.50.0-3.el10_1
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.50.1-1~deb12u1, 2.50.1-1~deb13u1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.50.1-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.50.1-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.50.1-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.50.1-1.0.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.50.1-4.44.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-4.44.1, 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.50.1-150400.4.127.3, 2.50.1-150600.12.48.3
Apple Safari - update to 26.0

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