The Whale browser installer 0.4.3.0 and earlier versions allows DLL hijacking.
Priority LOW 36CWE-426Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.
Summary
The Whale browser installer 0.4.3.0 and earlier versions allows DLL hijacking.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00899 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12449
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-97p5-8vv4-5x5q
References
More NAVER vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-84161 billboard.js allows XSS via unsanitized series ids in legend templates CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-19139 Server-side request forgery in NAVER lucy-xss-filter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-18782 Missing authorization in NAVER nGrinder CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-31281 Prototype pollution in NAVER billboard.js CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18778 Deserialization of untrusted data in NAVER nGrinder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18777 Deserialization of untrusted data in NAVER nGrinder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-12449 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-12449 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-97p5-8vv4-5x5q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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