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CVE-2019-6251

Published: 14 January 2019

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
webkit2gtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
cosmic
Released (2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.10.2)
disco Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.24.1-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.24.1)
xenial Deferred

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N