National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4540

Overview

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, and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 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."

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040

External Source: XF

Name: icedtea-applet-bo(79894)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79894

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1625-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1625-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027738

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027738

External Source: BID

Name: 56434

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56434

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20121107 IcedTea-Web CVE-2012-4540

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/5

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:171

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:171

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51374

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51374

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51220

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51220

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51206

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51206

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1434

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1434.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [distro-pkg-dev] 20121107 IcedTea-Web 1.1.7, 1.2.2 and 1.3.1 [security releases] released!

Hyperlink:http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-November/020775.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0174

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00065.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1524

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00040.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/e7970f3da5fe

Hyperlink:http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/e7970f3da5fe

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f

Hyperlink:http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS

Hyperlink:http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS