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CVE-2012-4540 (GCVE-0-2012-4540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-11 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:42
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-w… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Date Public
2012-11-01 00:00
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