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CVE-2022-29536

In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger a client buffer...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.05%Up 1.2 points since Apr 21, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2022-29536
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2022-29536
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-33872No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2022-33872
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rmxp-r78p-22587.5

In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger a client buffer...

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.

Record
GHSA-rmxp-r78p-2258
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-295367.5

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2022-29536
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-295367.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29536
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
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OSVOESA-2022-16277.5

epiphany security update

Epiphany is the web browser for the GNOME desktop. Its goal is to be simple and easy to use. Epiphany ties together many GNOME components in order to let you focus on the Web content, instead of the browser application.

Security Fix(es):

XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.(CVE-2021-45085)

XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 because a server s suggested_filename is used as the pdf_name value in PDF.js.(CVE-2021-45086)

XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 when View Source mode or Reader mode is used, as demonstrated by a a page title.(CVE-2021-45087)

XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an error page.(CVE-2021-45088)

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.(CVE-2022-29536)

Record
OESA-2022-1627
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-295367.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29536
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2022-29536
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVMGASA-2022-0382No score

Updated epiphany packages fix security vulnerability

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. (CVE-2022-29536)

Record
MGASA-2022-0382
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12025-1No score

epiphany-42.2-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the epiphany-42.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12025-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5561-1No score

epiphany-browser vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GNOME Web incorrectly filtered certain strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-45085, CVE-2021-45086, CVE-2021-45087)

It was discovered that GNOME Web incorrectly handled certain long page titles. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GNOME Web to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-29536)

Record
USN-5561-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
epiphany
Alpine:v3.16
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.17
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.18
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.19
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.20
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.21
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.22
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.23
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany
Alpine:v3.24
42.0 up to 42.2-r0
42.2-r0
epiphany-browser
Debian:12
before 42.2-1
42.2-1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
epiphany-browser
Debian:13
before 42.2-1
42.2-1
epiphany-browser
Debian:14
before 42.2-1
42.2-1
epiphany-browser
Debian:10
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.32.1.2-3~deb10u2, plus listed versions
3.32.1.2-23.32.1.2-3~deb10u1
3.32.1.2-3~deb10u2
epiphany-browser
Debian:11
before 3.38.2-1+deb11u3, plus listed versions
3.38.2-13.38.2-1+deb11u13.38.2-1+deb11u2
3.38.2-1+deb11u3
epiphany
Mageia:8
before 3.38.2-1.2.mga8
3.38.2-1.2.mga8
epiphany
openEuler:22.03-LTS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 40.6-1.oe2203
40.6-1.oe2203
epiphany-browser
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.16.3-1ubuntu13.18.0-1ubuntu23.18.1-1ubuntu13.18.3-0ubuntu13.18.5-0ubuntu13.18.5-0ubuntu1.13.18.10-0ubuntu13.18.11-0ubuntu1
None known
epiphany-browser
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.26.1-1ubuntu13.26.1-1ubuntu23.26.1-1ubuntu43.26.5.1-1ubuntu13.27.90-1ubuntu1
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3.28.0.1-1ubuntu13.28.1-1ubuntu13.28.5-0ubuntu13.28.6-0ubuntu1
None known
epiphany-browser
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 3.36.4-0ubuntu2, plus listed versions
3.34.1-13.34.1-1build13.36.0-13.36.1-13.36.2-0ubuntu13.36.3-0ubuntu13.36.4-0ubuntu1
3.36.4-0ubuntu2
epiphany-browser
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
before 42.1-1ubuntu1, plus listed versions
41.0-141.0-241.2-141.3-142~beta-142.0-142.1-1
42.1-1ubuntu1
epiphany-browser
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.36.4-0ubuntu2, plus listed versions
3.34.1-13.34.1-1build13.36.0-13.36.1-13.36.2-0ubuntu13.36.3-0ubuntu13.36.4-0ubuntu1
3.36.4-0ubuntu2
epiphany-browser
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 42.1-1ubuntu1, plus listed versions
41.0-141.0-241.2-141.3-142~beta-142.0-142.1-1
42.1-1ubuntu1
epiphany
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 42.2-1.1
42.2-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
factsOSV
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-29536 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gnome Epiphany, published April 20, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.05%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in epiphany 42.2-r0.

References

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