Type confusion in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2024-23222

 

Type confusion in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2024-23222

Published: January 22, 2024 / Updated: April 17, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85668
CSH Severity: Critical
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-2024-23222
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

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 when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open 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.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Affected software

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
visionOS
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
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
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
Apple iOS
iPadOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
tvOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-devel
net-libs/webkit-gtk
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-4
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
webkit-jsc-4.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Apple Safari
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
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How to mitigate CVE-2024-23222

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.42.5
WPE WebKit - update to 2.42.5
visionOS - update to 1.0.2
macOS - addressed in versions 12.7.3 21H1015, 13.6.4 22G513, 14.3 23D56
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.8.7 19H411, 16.7.5 20H307, 17.3 21D50
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.8.7 19H411, 16.7.5, 17.3 21D50
Apple Safari - update to 17.3
tvOS - update to 17.3
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.4-150200.100.1, 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150200.104.1, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.2
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.2
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.2
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.42.5-1.fc38, 2.42.5-1.fc39
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.42.5-1~deb11u1, 2.42.5-1~deb12u1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-2.168.2, 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.46.1-1.el9_0, 2.46.3-1.el8_2, 2.46.3-1.el8_4, 2.46.3-1.el8_6, 2.46.3-1.el9_2
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1

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