CVE-2012-4540

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    CVE-2012-4540

    Published: 11 Nov 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1434.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/51206, http://secunia.com/advisories/51220, http://secunia.com/advisories/51374, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2768, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:171, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1625-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007960, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040, http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS, http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f, http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/e7970f3da5fe, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00040.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00065.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00071.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00073.html, http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-November/020775.html, http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-September/024750.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56434, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62426, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027738, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79894

    Affected packages

    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