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CVE-2021-45086

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Date: December 15, 2021

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.1

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45086

Url: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/1612

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-45086

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45086

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042

Url: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-45086

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-45086

Severity Score

6.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 40.4,41.1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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