CVE-2012-4540

IcedTea-Web <1.1.7, <1.2.2, <1.3.1, <1.4.1 - Denial of Service

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

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.

References (25)

Core 25
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56434
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51220
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00073.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79894
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51374
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027738
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1625-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2768
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1434.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00071.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51206
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00040.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62426
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/5
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:171
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007960
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00065.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0344
EPSS Percentile 87.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (12)
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
redhat/icedtea-web 1.1
redhat/icedtea-web 1.1.1
redhat/icedtea-web 1.1.2
redhat/icedtea-web 1.1.3
redhat/icedtea-web 1.1.4
redhat/icedtea-web 1.1.5
redhat/icedtea-web 1.1.6
redhat/icedtea-web 1.2
... and 2 more
Published Nov 11, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026