CVE-2019-6251
High
CVE-2019-6251
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.
Exploit probability
4.1%
Published
January 14, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
232 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-6251
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152485/WebKitGTK-WPE-WebKit-URI-Spoofing-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/11/1
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194208
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/issues/532
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSCDI3635E37GL4BNJDRDT2KEUBDLGSO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LACVFU4MYYRPJ3IEA4UCN5KUEAGCCJ72/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNPI3R6QWDJBA5KNGA6QSMKYLY5RRHBZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UO3DIA54X7FOUWFZW5YXC2MZ6KNHG6SW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO5ZBUWOOXMVZPBYLZRDZF6ZQGBYJERQ/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/21
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-05
- https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243434
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/