Vulnerability in openSUSE
CVE-2012-4540
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Red Hat Icedtea-Web — versions 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml (vendor-advisory)
- icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2768 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html (vendor-advisory)
- icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56434 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1434.html (vendor-advisory)
- mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-November/020775.html (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/51220 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00073.html (vendor-advisory)