UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12016

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12016
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12016.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12016
Upstream
Published
2018-06-07T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:53Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / epiphany-browser

Package

Name
epiphany-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/epiphany-browser@3.18.11-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.16.3-1ubuntu1
3.18.0-1ubuntu2
3.18.1-1ubuntu1
3.18.3-0ubuntu1
3.18.5-0ubuntu1
3.18.5-0ubuntu1.1
3.18.10-0ubuntu1
3.18.11-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "epiphany-browser",
            "binary_version": "3.18.11-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "epiphany-browser-data",
            "binary_version": "3.18.11-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / epiphany-browser

Package

Name
epiphany-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/epiphany-browser@3.28.6-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.26.1-1ubuntu1
3.26.1-1ubuntu2
3.26.1-1ubuntu4
3.26.5.1-1ubuntu1
3.27.90-1ubuntu1
3.28.0.1-1ubuntu1
3.28.1-1ubuntu1
3.28.5-0ubuntu1
3.28.6-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "epiphany-browser",
            "binary_version": "3.28.6-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "epiphany-browser-data",
            "binary_version": "3.28.6-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}