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TI-2018-08611 Aliases CVE-2018-12016GHSA-5fwp-wgrw-hj8x

libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows remote attackers to…

Priority LOW 37Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain window.open and document.write calls.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01869 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.28.2.1VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.28.2.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12016
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5fwp-wgrw-hj8x

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2023-11312 In Epiphany (aka GNOME Web) through 43.0, untrusted web content can trick users into… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-04449 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2022-11995 In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger a client… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-08127 ephy-session.c in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-14371 GNOME Web (Epiphany) 3.23 before 3.23.5, 3.22 before 3.22.6, 3.20 before 3.20.7, 3.18… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-05681 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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