PT-2012-5471 · Icedtea+3 · Icedtea-Web+3

Arthur Gerkis · Published 2012-11-07 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2012-4540

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 IcedTea-Web versions 1.1.x through 1.1.6 IcedTea-Web versions 1.2.x through 1.2.1 IcedTea-Web versions 1.3.x through 1.3.0 IcedTea-Web versions 1.4.x through 1.4.0

Description The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the invoke function, which can be triggered by a crafted webpage. This can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions 1.1.x, update to version 1.1.7 or later. For versions 1.2.x, update to version 1.2.2 or later. For versions 1.3.x, update to version 1.3.1 or later. For versions 1.4.x, update to version 1.4.1 or later.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1434

CVE-2012-4540

DSA-2768-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1595-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10316-1

RHSA-2012:1434

RHSA-2012_1434

SUSE-SU-2012_1511-1

SUSE-SU-2013_1520-1

Affected Products

Centos

Icedtea-Web

Red Hat

Suse

References · 60

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00065.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4540 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1434.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4540 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51206 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51220 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:171 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1625-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4540 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4540 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00071.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00073.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00040.html · Vendor Advisory