CVE-2018-11646

Summary

CVECVE-2018-11646
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-01 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionwebkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ through 2.21.3, mishandle an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Webkitgtk Webkitgtk All All All All
Application Webkitgtk Webkitgtk All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
186164 – (CVE-2018-11646) [GTK] Crash in WebKitFaviconDatabase when pageURL is unset MISC bugs.webkit.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
WebKitGTK+ < 2.21.3 - Crash (PoC) - Linux local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
WebKitGTK+ < 2.21.3 - 'WebKitFaviconDatabase' Denial of Service (Metasploit) - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 795740 – Crashes at libephymain.so (0x7fff8ea7f700) MISC bugzilla.gnome.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201808-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710228 Gentoo Linux WebkitGTK+ Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201808-04)
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