CVE-2012-4540

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-11-07

Description

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

See more information about CVE-2012-4540 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (icedtea-web)	ELSA-2012-1434	2012-11-07

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