7.5

CVE-2018-11396: gnome epiphany

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-11396DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11396openSUSE-SU-2019:2318-1
Published 23-05-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11396 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnome epiphany. EPSS estimates a 1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 23-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ephy-session.c in libephymain.so in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) through 3.28.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that triggers access to a NULL URL, as demonstrated by a crafted window.open call.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.49% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.gnome.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Opensuse3 products
  • epiphany&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.0< 3.28.1.1-lp151.3.3.1
  • epiphany&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 3.28.1.1-lp151.3.3.1
  • epiphany&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 40.3-2.1
Debian1 product
  • epiphany-browser< 3.28.2.1-1
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • epiphany-browserAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 6 products

References

8 links