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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-12910

The get_cookies function in soup-cookie-jar.c in libsoup 2.63.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via an empty hostname.

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1 Nov 2026, 09:11 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-12910

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jul 2018, 18:29 UTC

The get_cookies function in soup-cookie-jar.c in libsoup 2.63.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via an empty hostname.

osv:CVE-2018-12910
Complete source record
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