Fedora 42: webkitgtk 2025-40aeebe6d2 critical: memory corruption issues
fedora
May 17, 2025
Enable CSS Overscroll Behavior by default
Summary
WebKitGTK is the port of the WebKit web rendering engine to the
GTK platform.
Update Information:
Enable CSS Overscroll Behavior by default. Change threaded rendering implementation to use Skia API instead of WebCore display list that is not thread safe. Fix rendering when device scale factor change comes before the web view geometry update. Fix network process crash on exit. Fix several crashes and rendering issues. Fix CVE-2025-24223, CVE-2025-31204, CVE-2025-31205, CVE-2025-31206, CVE-2025-31215, CVE-2025-31257
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed May 14 2025 Michael Catanzaro
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2366612 - CVE-2025-24223 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366612
[ 2 ] Bug #2366614 - CVE-2025-31204 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366614
[ 3 ] Bug #2366616 - CVE-2025-31205 webkitgtk: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366616
[ 4 ] Bug #2366618 - CVE-2025-31206 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366618
[ 5 ] Bug #2366620 - CVE-2025-31215 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366620
[ 6 ] Bug #...
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-40aeebe6d2' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: webkitgtk
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 2.48.2
Release: 1.fc42
Summary: GTK web content engine library
Topics Covered
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