CVE-2018-11646
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—💥 Exploit
webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconForPageURL and webkitFaviconDatabaseSetIconURLForPageURL in UIProcess/API/glib/WebKitFaviconDatabase.cpp in WebKit, as used in WebKitGTK+ through 2.21.3, mishandle an unset pageURL, leading to an application crash.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 69%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · WebKitGTK+ < 2.21.3 - 'WebKitFaviconDatabase' Denial of Service (Metasploit) (6/11/2018)
- Published on Exploit-DB · WebKitGTK+ < 2.21.3 - Crash (PoC) (6/5/2018)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186164
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44842/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44876/
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186164
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795740
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-04
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44842/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44876/
Raw JSON (NVD)
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