Out-of-bounds Write Affecting webkit2gtk package, versions <2.20.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.73% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-WEBKIT2GTK-18016922
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • disclosed19 Jul 2018

Introduced: 19 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-12911  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest webkit2gtk to version 2.20.4-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

WebKitGTK+ 2.20.3 has an off-by-one error, with a resultant out-of-bounds write, in the get_simple_globs functions in ThirdParty/xdgmime/src/xdgmimecache.c and ThirdParty/xdgmime/src/xdgmimeglob.c.