Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNOME Web by GNOME
CVE-2018-11396

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Gnome
Status
Epiphany
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 May 2018

What is CVE-2018-11396?

A vulnerability in GNOME Web (Epiphany) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by executing crafted JavaScript that triggers access to a NULL URL. This flaw is particularly demonstrated through a malicious invocation of the window.open function, which can lead to application crashes.

References

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2018-11396 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNOME Web by GNOME