vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-29536: Epiphany: Buffer Overflow
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 20, 2022 | May 10, 2024 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 20, 2022
Added
May 10, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-epiphany
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