CVE-2012-4540

CWE-189CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents8 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUM
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Opensuse OpensuseRedhat Icedtea-web
Timeline
PublishedNov 11
Latest updateMay 14

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…

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianicedtea-web< 1.3.1-1+3
▶NVDredhat/icedtea-web10 versions+9
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-44v2-cg42-mx34: Off-by-one error in the invoke function in IcedTeaScriptablePluginObject↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2012-4540: Off-by-one error in the invoke function in IcedTeaScriptablePluginObject↗2012-11-11
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OSV
CVE-2012-4540: Off-by-one error in the invoke function in IcedTeaScriptablePluginObject↗2012-11-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
icedtea-web: issue not fixed in 1.4↗2013-09-16
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Red Hat
icedtea-web: IcedTeaScriptableJavaObject:: invoke off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow↗2012-11-07
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Ubuntu
Icedtea-Web vulnerability↗2012-11-07
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Debian
CVE-2012-4540: icedtea-web - Off-by-one error in the invoke function in IcedTeaScriptablePluginObject.cc in I...↗2012
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4349 icedtea-web: CVE-2012-4540 issue not fixed in 1.4 [fedora-all]↗2013-09-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4349 icedtea-web: CVE-2012-4540 issue not fixed in 1.4↗2013-09-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4540 icedtea-web: IcedTeaScriptableJavaObject::invoke off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow↗2012-10-22
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CVE-2012-4540 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.8) | Off-by-one error in the invoke func | cvebase.io