CVE-2012-4540

critical

Description

Off-by-one error in the invoke function in IcedTeaScriptablePluginObject.cc in IcedTea-Web 1.1.x before 1.1.7, 1.2.x before 1.2.2, 1.3.x before 1.3.1, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted webpage that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to an error message and a "triggering event attached to applet." NOTE: the 1.4.x versions were originally associated with CVE-2013-4349, but that entry has been MERGED with this one.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79894

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007960

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1625-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027738

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62426

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56434

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/5

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:171

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2768

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/51374

http://secunia.com/advisories/51220

http://secunia.com/advisories/51206

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1434.html

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-September/024750.html

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-November/020775.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00073.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00071.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00065.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00040.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html

http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/e7970f3da5fe

http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f

http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-11

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical