Vulnerability · Published Dec 25, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45481
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the webkit2gtk3 package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In WebKitGTK before 2.32.4, there is incorrect memory allocation in WebCore::ImageBufferCairoImageSurfaceBackend::create, leading to a segmentation violation and application crash, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-30889.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.34.6-1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1777 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.34.6-1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1777 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.34.6-1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1777 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.34.6-1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1777 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | webkit2gtk | 2.34.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Debian:12 | webkit2gtk | 2.34.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Debian:13 | webkit2gtk | 2.34.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Debian:14 | webkit2gtk | 2.34.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Debian:12 | wpewebkit | 2.34.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Debian:13 | wpewebkit | 2.34.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Debian:14 | wpewebkit | 2.34.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | webkit2gtk3 | 0:2.34.6-1.el8 | RLSA-2022:1777 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | 2.34.0-1ubuntu1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45481 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wpewebkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45481 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/tree/master/webkitgtk-2.32.3 x_refsource_MISC
- [oss-security] 20220121 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0001 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST