Bug 2423185 (CVE-2025-43501)

Summary: CVE-2025-43501 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
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A flaw was found in WebKitGTK. Processing malicious web content can cause a buffer overflow due to improper memory handling and result in an unexpected process crash.
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Bug Depends On: 2423289, 2423290, 2423291, 2423292    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-17 15:55:09 UTC
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash. A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-12-18 20:10:43 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:23663 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23663

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-12-18 22:10:35 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:23700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23700