USN-6996-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6996-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6996-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6996-1
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Published
2024-09-09T12:01:37.332198Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:38:18Z
Summary
webkit2gtk vulnerabilities
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / webkit2gtk

Package

Name
webkit2gtk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.34.0-1ubuntu1
2.34.1-1ubuntu1
2.34.2-1ubuntu1
2.34.3-1
2.35.3-1ubuntu1
2.35.90-1ubuntu1
2.36.0-2ubuntu1
2.36.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.36.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.36.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.36.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.36.8-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2
2.38.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.38.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.42.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2
2.44.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.44.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit-6.0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-6.0-4",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "webkit2gtk-driver",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

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            "id": "CVE-2024-4558",
            "severity": [
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                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
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                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
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                },
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                },
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            "id": "CVE-2024-40779",
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                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
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                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
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            "id": "CVE-2024-40780",
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                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
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                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2024-40782",
            "severity": [
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                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2024-40789",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / webkit2gtk

Package

Name
webkit2gtk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.42.1-2
2.42.2-1
2.42.3-1
2.42.4-1
2.43.3-1
2.43.3-1build2
2.44.0-2
2.44.2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
2.44.2-0ubuntu0.24.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit-6.0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-webkit2-4.1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjavascriptcoregtk-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-6.0-4",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "webkit2gtk-driver",
            "binary_version": "2.44.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

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            "id": "CVE-2024-4558",
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                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
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                },
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                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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            "id": "CVE-2024-40789",
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                },
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}