7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-11646
WebKitGTK+ Favicon Set Icon Crash
Description

webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ through 2.21.3, mishandle an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash.

INFO

Published Date :

June 1, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-11646 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Webkitgtk webkitgtk\+
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-11646.

URL Resource
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186164 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44842/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44876/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-11646 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-19 CWE-284 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740 Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186164 Patch https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186164 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44842/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44842/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44876/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44876/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186164 No Types Assigned https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186164 Patch
    Added CWE CWE-19
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.21.3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44876/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44842/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 57, mishandle an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash. webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ through 2.21.3, mishandle an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 57, mishandles an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash. webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as distributed in Safari Technology Preview Release 57, mishandle an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

82.24 }} -0.03%

score

0.98471

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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