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CVE-2019-6251

high

Description

WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections. An attacker could cause malicious web content to be displayed as if for a trusted URI. This is similar to the CVE-2018-8383 issue in Microsoft Edge.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-05

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/21

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO5ZBUWOOXMVZPBYLZRDZF6ZQGBYJERQ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UO3DIA54X7FOUWFZW5YXC2MZ6KNHG6SW/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNPI3R6QWDJBA5KNGA6QSMKYLY5RRHBZ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LACVFU4MYYRPJ3IEA4UCN5KUEAGCCJ72/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSCDI3635E37GL4BNJDRDT2KEUBDLGSO/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/11/1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152485/WebKitGTK-WPE-WebKit-URI-Spoofing-Code-Execution.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html

https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243434

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/issues/532

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194208

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-01-14

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01768