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🛡️ CVE-2024-54658 on Ubuntu — qtwebkit-opensource-src

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.4, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-54658 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package qtwebkit-opensource-src. The fix is available in version 2.44.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54658 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54658 is recorded against 5 packages.

  • qtwebkit-opensource-src
  • qtwebkit-source
  • webkit2gtk (fixed in 2.44.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  • webkitgtk
  • wpewebkit

Timeline and source

Published on 10 February 2025 and last revised on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
webkitgtk.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

qtwebkit-opensource-src has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) in other software:

CVE-2024-54658 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-02-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
qtwebkit-opensource-src — —
qtwebkit-source — —
webkit2gtk — 2.44.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
webkitgtk — —
wpewebkit — —

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