CVE-2012-3423

Public Exploit

Description

The IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.1 does not properly handle NPVariant NPStrings without NUL terminators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), obtain sensitive information from memory, or execute arbitrary code via a crafted Java applet.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.48% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory classpath.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml vendor advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9 patch exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076 patch exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50089 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3423?
CVE-2012-3423 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3423?
To fix CVE-2012-3423, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-3423 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-3423 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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