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openSUSE Leap 15.6: webkit2gtk3 Important Memory Handling Fix 2025:3701-1

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Calendar Grey October 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for openSUSE fixing important webkit2gtk3 issues affecting user experience and security.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-43343: improved memory handling in web content processing to

prevent process crash (bsc#1251975)

* CVE-2025-43272: improved memory handling to prevent unexpected process crash

(bsc#1250439)

* CVE-2025-43342: correctness issue was addressed with improved checks to

prevent unexcepted process crash (bsc#1250440)

* CVE-2025-43356: improved handling of caches to prevent sensor access without

consent (bsc#1250441)

* CVE-2025-43368: improved memory management to prevent a use-after-free

(bsc#1250442)

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Topics Covered

security advisory important memory handling OpenSUSE webkit2gtk3 process crash

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3701=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-3701=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-3701=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-3701=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2025-3701=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3701=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3701=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3701=1

Package List

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)

* WebKitGTK-6.0-lang-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* webkit2gtk4-debugsource-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

* webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.50.1-150600.12.48.3

*...

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References

* bsc#1250439

* bsc#1250440

* bsc#1250441

* bsc#1250442

* bsc#1251975

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43272.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43342.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43343.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43356.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43368.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250439

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250440

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250441

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250442

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251975

Severity
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3701-1
Release Date: 2025-10-21T10:11:04Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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security advisory important memory handling OpenSUSE webkit2gtk3 process crash

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