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Updated WebKitGTK packages have been released for both Debian GNU/Linux 12 (Bookworm) and 13 (Trixie) to address several vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities include 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-2025-43227, CVE-2025-43228, CVE-2025-43227, CVE-2025-43228, CVE-2025-43224, CVE-2025-43265, and CVE-2025-43265.

[SECURITY] [DSA 5978-1] webkit2gtk security update




[SECURITY] [DSA 5978-1] webkit2gtk security update


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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/