UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45085

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45085
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45085.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45085
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Published
2021-12-16T03:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:47:04Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.

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

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

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / epiphany-browser

Package

Name
epiphany-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/epiphany-browser@3.36.4-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.36.4-0ubuntu2

Affected versions

3.*

3.34.1-1
3.34.1-1build1
3.36.0-1
3.36.1-1
3.36.2-0ubuntu1
3.36.3-0ubuntu1
3.36.4-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "epiphany-browser",
            "binary_version": "3.36.4-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "epiphany-browser-data",
            "binary_version": "3.36.4-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "epiphany-browser-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.36.4-0ubuntu2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}