CVE-2018-12293
mediumpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.100 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The getImageData function in the ImageBufferCairo class in WebCore/platform/graphics/cairo/ImageBufferCairo.cpp in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ prior to version 2.20.3 and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.20.1, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow triggered by an integer overflow, which could be abused by crafted HTML content.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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exploits (1)
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affected products (6)
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references (25)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/14/1cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/542087/100/0/threadedcnnvd
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186384cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148200/WebKitGTK-Data-Leak-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04cnnvd
- https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/232618cnnvd
- https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/232618/webkitPatchcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3687-1/cnnvd
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