CVE-2024-27838

NameCVE-2024-27838
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5762-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
webkit2gtk (PTS)bullseye2.44.2-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)2.44.3-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2.44.2-1~deb12u1vulnerable
bookworm (security)2.44.3-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie2.46.0-2fixed
sid2.46.1-1fixed
wpewebkit (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.38.6-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2.38.6-1vulnerable
trixie2.44.4-1fixed
sid2.46.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
webkit2gtksourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
webkit2gtksourcebookworm2.44.3-1~deb12u1DSA-5762-1
webkit2gtksource(unstable)2.44.3-1
wpewebkitsource(unstable)2.44.3-1

Notes

[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

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