vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-5024-1 (CVE-2021-21779): WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 8, 2021
Added
Jul 29, 2021
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Webkit’s GraphicsContext handles certain events in WebKitGTK 2.30.4. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. A victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious web page to trigger this vulnerability.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-libjavascriptcoregtk-4-0-18ubuntu-upgrade-libwebkit2gtk-4-0-37
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