CVE-2012-3423
IcedTea-Web < 1.2.1 - Remote Code Execution via NPVariant NPString Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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 code via a crafted Java applet.
References (18)
Core 18
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50089
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518
Scores
EPSS
0.0617
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (3)
redhat/icedtea-web
1.0
redhat/icedtea-web
1.1
redhat/icedtea-web
< 1.2
Published
Aug 07, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026