{"id":"USN-7079-1","summary":"webkit2gtk vulnerabilities","details":"Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript\nengines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote\nattacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,\nincluding cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and\narbitrary code execution.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:53:20.257044Z","published":"2024-10-22T11:42:16Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40866","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44187"],"upstream":["CVE-2024-40866","CVE-2024-44187","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40866","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44187"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7079-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40866"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-44187"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"webkit2gtk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/webkit2gtk@2.46.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.3?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.46.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.3"}]}],"versions":["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","2.44.3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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