PT-2012-5453 · Kde+1 · Konqueror+1

Tim Brown · Published 2012-11-11 · Updated 2012-11-12 · CVE-2012-4515

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Konqueror in KDE version 4.7.3

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the khtml/rendering/render replaced.cpp file. This vulnerability can be triggered when the context menu is shown and an iframe is being updated, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Konqueror in KDE version 4.7.3, consider disabling the context menu feature as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to iframes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4515

Affected Products

Konqueror

Suse

References · 9

• 🔥 http://nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc · Exploit
• 🔥 http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/22406 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51145 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4515 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51097 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11 · Note