CVE-2020-10018

WebKitGTK through 2.26.4 and WPE WebKit through 2.26.4 (which are the versions right before 2.28.0) contains a memory corruption issue (use-after-free) that may lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue has been fixed in 2.28.0 with improved memory handling.

Published: 2020-03-02 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-10018 is rated High Risk (71.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.03%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-10018

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.65% 5.03% +0.38%
2 2026-06-08 2.64% 4.65% +2.00%
3 2026-03-16 — 2.64% —

Full EPSS history (35 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-10018

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-10018

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-10018

vendor priority summary link
alpine critical CVE-2020-10018: 1 source package rows (webkit2gtk); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-10018
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-10018 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (webkit2gtk, wpewebkit), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10018
gentoo normal CVE-2020-10018: 1 GLSA(s) (202006-08), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/webkit-gtk); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2020-10018
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10018
suse medium CVE-2020-10018 severity moderate: SUSE including 287 source package names (LibRaw-0.19.5-2.el8, PackageKit-1.1.12-6.el8, …), 542 product×package rows across 65 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (65 product lines)): Fixed 527, Known Not Affected 15. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10018/
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-10018 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit, qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk), 70 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 36, ignored 19, released 12, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10018

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-10018

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webkitgtk webkitgtk < 2.28.0 cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wpewebkit wpe_webkit < 2.28.0 cpe:2.3:a:wpewebkit:wpe_webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-10018

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