CVE-2010-3312

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Epiphany 2.28 and 2.29, when WebKit and LibSoup are used, unconditionally displays a closed-lock icon for any URL beginning with the https: substring, without any warning to the user, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary https web sites via a crafted X.509 server certificate.

Affected products

GNOME Epiphany: 2.28, 2.29

References

http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690
http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=154330
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/20/2

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