CVE-2022-29536Out-of-bounds Write in Epiphany

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 64.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 20
Latest updateAug 10

Description

In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger a client buffer overflow (in ephy_string_shorten in the UI process) via a long page title. The issue occurs because the number of bytes for a UTF-8 ellipsis character is not properly considered.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDgnome/epiphany42.042.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 34, 35, 36

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
epiphany-browser vulnerabilities2022-08-10
GHSA
GHSA-rmxp-r78p-2258: In GNOME Epiphany before 412022-04-22
CVEList
CVE-2022-29536: In GNOME Epiphany before 412022-04-20
OSV
CVE-2022-29536: In GNOME Epiphany before 412022-04-20

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
GNOME Web vulnerabilities2022-08-10
Debian
CVE-2022-29536: epiphany-browser - In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger...2022
CVE-2022-29536 — Out-of-bounds Write in Gnome Epiphany | cvebase