CVE-2018-12293 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the getImageData function of WebKit's ImageBufferCairo class, affecting WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit versions prior to 2.20.3 and 2.20.1 respectively, and potentially other products using these libraries. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be triggered remotely by unauthenticated users via crafted HTML content, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
< 2.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpewebkit:wpe_webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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