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title: "CVE-2019-6251\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-6251

Publication date 14 January 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.1 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6251?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address
bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections. An attacker could cause
malicious web content to be displayed as if for a trusted URI. This is
similar to the CVE-2018-8383 issue in Microsoft Edge.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| webkit2gtk | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.10.2 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 2.24.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was deferred |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.1 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.1 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6251)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6251)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-6251)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6251)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3948-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3948-1)
+ WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
+ 16 April 2019

### Other references

* <https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2019-0002.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6251>