High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 20, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-29536
CVE-2022-29536
Description
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.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <41.4
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <41.4, <42.2
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1106nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5208nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLLDMY4JYDZTMZSCPSY23K5YW3SQYUR6/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N7YWVIUGFRA6GOE3QAPSJJ6EL3DJG5NX/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5K5UPNHVWXDPSMBNSB2645MD2N5CXQS/nvd
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