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    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 code via a crafted Java applet.

    Published:Jul 31, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 7, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.02475
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Icedtea-web

    Exploits

    http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076

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    References

    http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50089
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50089
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High