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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: Important Security Advisory USN-7702-1 for WebKitGTK

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Significant vulnerabilities addressed in WebKitGTK for Ubuntu, posing threats including potential remote code execution and service interruptions.
Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK. Software Description: - webkit2gtk: Web content engine library for GTK+ Details: Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

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security advisory arbitrary code execution remote attack Ubuntu important web technology

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1 libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use WebKitGTK, such as Epiphany, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7702-1

CVE-2025-31273, CVE-2025-31278, CVE-2025-43211, CVE-2025-43212,

CVE-2025-43216, CVE-2025-43227, CVE-2025-43228, CVE-2025-43240,

CVE-2025-43265, CVE-2025-6558

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7702-1

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security advisory arbitrary code execution remote attack Ubuntu important web technology

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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