7.5

CVE-2018-12016: gnome epiphany

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-12016DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12016
Published 07-06-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12016 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnome epiphany. EPSS estimates a 1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.9% 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
1.87%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 07-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.90% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.87%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Disclosure

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • epiphany-browser< 3.28.3.1-1
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • epiphany-browserAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links