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    CVE-2012-4515

    Use-after-free vulnerability in khtml/rendering/render_replaced.cpp in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3, when the context menu is shown, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by accessing an iframe when it is being updated.

    Published:Oct 30, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 11, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.12762
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kde

    Exploits

    http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.aschttp://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.aschttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22406

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
    http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
    http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
    http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
    http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6

    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