| Name | CVE-2024-27838 |
| Description | The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17.5, iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, visionOS 1.2, Safari 17.5, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5. A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5762-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| webkit2gtk (PTS) | bullseye | 2.44.2-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.44.3-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 2.44.2-1~deb12u1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.44.3-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.46.0-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.46.1-1 | fixed | |
| wpewebkit (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.38.6-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.38.6-1 | vulnerable | |
| sid, trixie | 2.46.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| webkit2gtk | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| webkit2gtk | source | bookworm | 2.44.3-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5762-1 | ||
| webkit2gtk | source | (unstable) | 2.44.3-1 | |||
| wpewebkit | source | (unstable) | 2.44.3-1 |
[buster] - webkit2gtk <end-of-life> (EOL in buster LTS)
[bookworm] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit not covered by security support in Bookworm)
[bullseye] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit >= 2.40 can no longer be sensibly backported)
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2024-0005.html