qt5-qtwebkit before 5.4 records private browsing URLs to its favicon database, WebpageIcons.db.

published 2017-09-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-7972

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 1

at SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.1.14-7.3
flex SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 2.5.37-8.1
netpbm SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 10.66.3-4.1
openslp SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 2.0.0-11.1
kdelibs4 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 4.12.0-7.3
mdbtools SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 0.7-5.1
sgmltool SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 1.0.9-1075.1
libbonobo SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 2.32.1-16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2397-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8079 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 2.1

qt5-qtwebkit: QtWebKit logs visited URLs to WebpageIcons.db in private browsing mode

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

codereview.qt-project.org /#/c/108936/
vendor-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1204795
issue-tracking
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2015/11/05/4
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-8079
NVD CVE-2015-8079

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary