CVE-2018-12911

CRITICAL

WebKitGTK+ 2.20.3 - Out-of-bounds Write in get_simple_globs

Title source: llm

Description

WebKitGTK+ 2.20.3 has an off-by-one error, with a resultant out-of-bounds write, in the get_simple_globs functions in ThirdParty/xdgmime/src/xdgmimecache.c and ThirdParty/xdgmime/src/xdgmimeglob.c.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3743-1/

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/233404/webkit

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0049

EPSS Percentile 65.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (3)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04

webkitgtk/webkitgtk\+ 2.20.3

Published Jul 19, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026