Spoofing attack in GNOME Web (Epiphany) - CVE-2019-6251
Published: February 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17739
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6251
CWE-ID: CWE-451
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 disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The weakness exists due to improper parsing of specific HTTP content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and perform a spoofing attack.
The weakness exists due to improper parsing of specific HTTP content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and perform a spoofing attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6251
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address the vulnerability.