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High
CVE-2022-29536
In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an...
Vulnerability Description
In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger a client buffer overflow (in ephy_string_shorten in the UI process) via a long page title. The issue occurs because the number of bytes for a UTF-8 ellipsis character is not properly considered.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1106
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5K5UPNHVWXDPSMBNSB2645MD2N5CXQS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLLDMY4JYDZTMZSCPSY23K5YW3SQYUR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N7YWVIUGFRA6GOE3QAPSJJ6EL3DJG5NX/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5208
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
epiphany, fedora, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 42.0, 34, 35, 36, 10.0, 11.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 20th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.