CVE-2022-29536
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-04-20 22:37Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 06:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-04-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f872b18fcfea6d600017eb294e555217bbf62a767d0169c4b9bbbb818c8570a3
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1106
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-ad26447c98https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5K5UPNHVWXDPSMBNSB2645MD2N5CXQS/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-22b85a45cbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLLDMY4JYDZTMZSCPSY23K5YW3SQYUR6/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-88690c6188https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N7YWVIUGFRA6GOE3QAPSJJ6EL3DJG5NX/
- www.debian.orgDSA-5208https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5208
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220818 [SECURITY] [DLA 3074-1] epiphany-browser security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- epiphany Fixed in 42.2-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- epiphany-browser Fixed in 42.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- epiphany-browser Fixed in 42.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- epiphany-browser Fixed in 42.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- epiphany-browser No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- epiphany-browser No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- epiphany-browser Fixed in 3.36.4-0ubuntu2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- epiphany-browser Fixed in 42.1-1ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.