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CVE-2022-29536
published 2022-04-20

CVE-2022-29536: 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…

PriorityP339high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.90%
77.0th percentile
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.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianepiphany-browser< epiphany-browser 42.2-1 (bookworm)epiphany-browser 42.2-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
gnomeepiphany< 41.441.4
gnomeepiphany>= 42.0 < 42.242.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.1MEDIUM
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