QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202501-09

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QtWebEngine, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

dev-qt/qtwebengine on all architectures
Affected versions < 5.15.16_p20241115
Unaffected versions >= 5.15.16_p20241115

Background

QtWebEngine is a library for rendering dynamic web content in Qt5 and Qt6 C++ and QML applications.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QtWebEngine. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QtWebEngine users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-qt/qtwebengine-5.15.16_p20241115"
 

References

Release date
January 23, 2025

Latest revision
January 23, 2025: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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