Buffer overflow in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2024-27851
Published: August 5, 2024
Vulnerability details
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 in WebKit. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
WPE WebKit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
visionOS
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
Anolis OS
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
watchOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
iPadOS
tvOS
Apple iOS
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-4
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk4.0
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
Apple Safari
Juniper Junos Space
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
IBM Observability with Instana
How to mitigate CVE-2024-27851
watchOS - update to 10.5
macOS - update to 14.5 23F79
iPadOS - update to 17.5 21F79
Apple Safari - update to 17.5
tvOS - update to 17.5
Apple iOS - update to 17.5 21F79
Juniper Junos Space - update to 24.1R3
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3 FP11
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 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 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 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 2.46.0-4.15.1, 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 2.46.0-4.15.1, 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 2.46.0-4.15.1, 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 2.46.0-4.15.1, 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 2.46.0-4.15.1, 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 2.46.0-4.15.1, 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 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-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 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 2.46.0-150200.121.1, 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 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, 2.46.1-1.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
webkit2gtk4.0 - addressed in versions 2.46.1-2.fc40, 2.46.1-2.fc41
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
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple visionOS
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
- Fedora 41 update for webkit2gtk4.0
- Fedora 40 update for webkit2gtk4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
- SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
- SUSE 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
- SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
- SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
- 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
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4