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Posted on 18 August 2025
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5978-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia
August 18, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : webkit2gtk
CVE ID : CVE-2025-6558 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
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK
web engine:
CVE-2025-6558
Clement Lecigne and Vlad Stolyarov discovered that processing
maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected crash.
CVE-2025-31273
Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, and Xiaojie Wei discovered that
processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory
corruption.
CVE-2025-31278
Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, and Xiaojie Wei discovered that
processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory
corruption.
CVE-2025-43211
Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, and Xiaojie Wei discovered that
processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.
CVE-2025-43212
Nan Wang and Ziling Chen discovered that processing maliciously
crafted web content may lead to an unexpected crash.
CVE-2025-43216
Ignacio Sanmillan discovered that processing maliciously crafted
web content may lead to an unexpected crash.
CVE-2025-43227
Gilad Moav discovered that processing maliciously crafted web
content may disclose sensitive user information.
CVE-2025-43228
Jaydev Ahire discovered that visiting a malicious website may lead
to address bar spoofing.
CVE-2025-43240
Syarif Muhammad Sajjad discovered that a download's origin may be
incorrectly associated.
CVE-2025-43265
HexRabbit discovered that processing maliciously crafted web
content may disclose internal states of the app.
For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.48.5-1~deb12u1.
For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.48.5-1~deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.
For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
