Out-of-bounds read in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2024-40789

Vulnerability identifier: #VU94882

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40789

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the browser.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
visionOS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
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 Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk4.0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Apple Safari
Juniper Junos Space
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
IBM Observability with Instana

Install update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.44.3
WPE WebKit - update to 2.44.3
visionOS - update to 1.3
watchOS - update to 10.6
macOS - update to 14.6 23G80
iPadOS - addressed in versions 16.7.9 20H348, 17.6 21G80
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 16.7.9 20H348, 17.6 21G80
tvOS - update to 17.6
Apple Safari - update to 17.6
Juniper Junos Space - update to 24.1R3
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.44.3-1~deb12u1
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.44.3-2.fc39, 2.44.3-2.fc40
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.44.3-2.fc40
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - update to 2.44.3-4.12.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.44.3-4.12.1, 2.44.3-150200.118.1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.46.1-1.el9_0, 2.46.1-1.el9_2, 2.46.1-2.el9_4, 2.46.3-1.el8_2, 2.46.3-1.el8_4, 2.46.3-1.el8_6, 2.46.3-1.el8_8, 2.46.3-1.el8_10
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.46.3-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.46.3-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.46.3-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.46.3-1.0.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.16.18, 4.17.3
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1
IBM Observability with Instana - update to 284

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214121
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2024-0004.html
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1160/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple visionOS
• Fedora 40 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 39 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 40 update for webkit2gtk4.0
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Observability with Instana
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Junos Space update for third-party components
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4