Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-24201

critical Nessus Plugin ID 245921

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.3.1, iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.2 and iPadOS 18.3.2, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.3.2, visionOS 2.3.2, watchOS 11.4. Maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. This is a supplementary fix for an attack that was blocked in iOS 17.2. (Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.).
(CVE-2025-24201)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 245921

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_24201.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 4/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24201

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwebkit2gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wpewebkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwebkit2gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpewebkit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkitgtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebkit-source, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebkit-opensource-src

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24201

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