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CVE-2019-6251

Publication date 14 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
webkit2gtk 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.10.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3948-1
    • WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
    • 16 April 2019

Other references