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
Published Oct 12, 2010
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.04%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.04% (0.01038) | 62.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.04% (0.01038) | 59.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00533) | 65.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 69.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 67.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 63.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d x_refsource_MISC
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=154330 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600663 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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