CVE-2012-4515
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in khtml/rendering/render_replaced.cpp in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3, when the context menu is shown, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by accessing an iframe when it is being updated.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
- http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
- http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
- http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
- http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6
CWEs
CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.