Improper input validation in GNOME Web (Epiphany) - CVE-2018-12016
Published: July 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13558
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12016
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
GNOME Web (Epiphany)
GNOME Web (Epiphany)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can supply certain window.open and document.write calls and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12016
Install update from vendor's website.