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high 8.1

CVE-2019-6251 json

WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections.

published 2019-01-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-15818

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • webkitgtk webkitgtk 2.24.1
  • wpewebkit wpe_webkit 2.24.1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.24.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6251

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6251

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • webkitgtk4 RHEL 7 2.28.2-2.el7
  • webkitgtk4-jsc RHEL 7 2.28.2-2.el7
  • gdm RHEL 8 1:3.28.3-22.el8
  • gjs RHEL 8 1.56.2-3.el8
  • SDL RHEL 8 1.2.15-35.el8
  • gtk3 RHEL 8 3.22.30-4.el8
  • gvfs RHEL 8 1.36.2-6.el8
  • pango RHEL 8 1.42.4-6.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4035RHSA-2019:3553

  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2 +12 more 2.24.1-2.41.5
  • webkit2gtk3 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 2.24.1-3.24.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1155-1SUSE-SU-2019:1137-1

  • gtk3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.32.4-1.1
  • webkit2gtk3 openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.24.1-lp150.2.19.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11506-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1374-1

  • pidgin AlmaLinux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • libpurple AlmaLinux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2 AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gnome-desktop3 AlmaLinux 8 3.32.2-1.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2-xlib AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2-modules AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2019:3553

  • pango Rocky Linux 8 1.42.4-6.el8
  • pidgin Rocky Linux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2 Rocky Linux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gnome-desktop3 Rocky Linux 8 3.32.2-1.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2019:3553

  • webkit2gtk Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +9 more 2.24.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-6251

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  • epiphany Arch Linux 3.32.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-851

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-6251 updated cvss 4.3

webkitgtk: processing maliciously crafted web content lead to URI spoofing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3, libwebkit2gtk
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) gvfs 1.36.2-6.el8, nautilus 3.28.1-10.el8, gdk-pixbuf2-xlib 2.36.12-5.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gjs 1.56.2-3.el8, gdm 3.28.3-22.el8, gvfs 1.36.2-6.el8, SDL 1.2.15-35.el8, gtk3 3.22.30-4.el8, pango 1.42.4-6.el8, +82 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) mozjs60 60.9.0-3.el8, gdk-pixbuf2 2.36.12-5.el8, gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.32.0-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3553
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) webkitgtk4 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-jsc 2.28.2-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) webkitgtk4-doc 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-devel 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-debuginfo 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-jsc-devel 2.28.2-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) webkitgtk4 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-jsc 2.28.2-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) webkitgtk4-doc 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-devel 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-debuginfo 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-jsc-devel 2.28.2-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) webkitgtk4 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-jsc 2.28.2-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) webkitgtk4-doc 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-devel 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-debuginfo 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-jsc-devel 2.28.2-2.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) webkitgtk4 2.28.2-2.el7, webkitgtk4-jsc 2.28.2-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) webkitgtk4-doc 2.28.2-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4035

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Exploit prediction

4.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/issues/532 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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