High severity · published May 23, 2018
CVE-2018-11396
ephy-session.c in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that…
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ephy-session.c in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that triggers access to a NULL URL, as demonstrated by a crafted window.open call.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Epiphany · Gnome
through 3.28.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11396
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11396
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00043.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740
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