CVE-2018-11646 Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.20.3-1


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 80.57% (99th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-WEBKIT2GTK-515616
  • published 1 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 1 Jun 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 webkit2gtk to version 2.20.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk package and not the webkit2gtk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ through 2.21.3, mishandle an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash.