What is CVE-2018-12016?

CVE-2018-12016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Epiphany. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-12016?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnome Epiphany

CVE-2018-12016

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.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnome Epiphany
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12016?: CVE-2018-12016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Epiphany. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-12016?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.