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CVE-2018-12293

41
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45205 · Aug 16, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1052 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/148200/WebKitGTK-Data-Leak-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.webkit.org / show_bug.cgi
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201808-04
trac.webkit.org / changeset/232618
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3687-1
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45205
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2018/06/14/1
Mailing ListTechnical Description
securityfocus.com / archive/1/542087/100/0/threaded