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CVE-2015-8079

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

5.3 Medium

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.37%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.3

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

Record
CVE-2015-8079
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

Record
CVE-2015-8079
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7972 No score

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

Record
EUVD-2015-7972
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wwwx-88mv-pg56 5.3

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

Record
GHSA-wwwx-88mv-pg56
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8079 5.3

qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8079
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2397-1 No score

Security update for flex, at, bogofilter, cyrus-imapd, kdelibs4, libQtWebKit4, libbonobo, mdbtools, netpbm, openslp, sgmltool, virtuoso, libqt5-qtwebkit

Various packages included vulnerable parsers generated by 'flex'.

This update provides a fixed 'flex' package and also rebuilds of packages that might have security issues caused by the auto generated code.

Flex itself was updated to fix a buffer overflow in the generated scanner (bsc#990856, CVE-2016-6354)

Packages that were rebuilt with the fixed flex:

  • at
  • bogofilter
  • cyrus-imapd
  • kdelibs4
  • libQtWebKit4
  • libbonobo
  • mdbtools
  • netpbm
  • openslp
  • sgmltool
  • virtuoso

Also libqt5-qtwebkit received an additional security fix:

  • CVE-2015-8079: QtWebKit logs visited URLs to WebpageIcons.db in private browsing mode (bsc#954210).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2397-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
at
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.1.14-7.3
3.1.14-7.3
bogofilter
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.2.4-5.3
1.2.4-5.3
kdelibs4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 4.12.0-7.3
4.12.0-7.3
libQtWebKit4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
libbonobo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.32.1-16.1
2.32.1-16.1
netpbm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 10.66.3-4.1
10.66.3-4.1
openslp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.0.0-11.1
2.0.0-11.1
flex
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.5.37-8.1
2.5.37-8.1
libQtWebKit4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
libbonobo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.32.1-16.1
2.32.1-16.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mdbtools
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0.7-5.1
0.7-5.1
netpbm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 10.66.3-4.1
10.66.3-4.1
openslp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.0.0-11.1
2.0.0-11.1
sgmltool
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.0.9-1075.1
1.0.9-1075.1
at
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.1.14-7.3
3.1.14-7.3
cyrus-imapd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.3.18-40.1
2.3.18-40.1
flex
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.5.37-8.1
2.5.37-8.1
kdelibs4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 4.12.0-7.3
4.12.0-7.3
libQtWebKit4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
libbonobo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.32.1-16.1
2.32.1-16.1
netpbm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 10.66.3-4.1
10.66.3-4.1
openslp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.0.0-11.1
2.0.0-11.1
at
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.1.14-7.3
3.1.14-7.3
cyrus-imapd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.3.18-40.1
2.3.18-40.1
flex
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.5.37-8.1
2.5.37-8.1
kdelibs4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 4.12.0-7.3
4.12.0-7.3
libQtWebKit4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
4.8.6+2.3.3-3.1
libbonobo
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.32.1-16.1
2.32.1-16.1
netpbm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 10.66.3-4.1
10.66.3-4.1
openslp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 2.0.0-11.1
2.0.0-11.1
bogofilter
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.2.4-5.3
1.2.4-5.3
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2.15.5.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1
 None known
qtwebkit-source
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.3.2-0ubuntu102.3.2-0ubuntu11
 None known
webkitgtk
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.4.9-2ubuntu22.4.10-0ubuntu12.4.11-0ubuntu0.1
 None known

History

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

In short

CVE-2015-8079 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Qt Qtwebkit, published September 27, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.37%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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