SB2018081011 - Denial of service in WebKitGTK+
Published: August 10, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018081011
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11646)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to mishandling of an unset pageURL in webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.