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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…
High7.5EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1106 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-ad26447c98 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-22b85a45cb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-88690c6188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-5208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220818 [SECURITY] [DLA 3074-1] epiphany-browser security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-29536)Record last updated .