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CVE-2012-4540

Published: Nov 11, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.4%
Top 12.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
icedtea-webOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS
icedtea.classpath.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2768
debian.org
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