Buffer overflow in Redhat Icedtea-web

CVE-2012-3423

The IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.1 does not properly handle NPVariant NPStrings without NUL terminators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), obtain sensitive information from memory, or execute arbitrary co…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.062 (92.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Redhat Icedtea-web — versions 1.0, 1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)