CVE-2012-4540

medium
Published 2012-11-11 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4540

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51220

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51206

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhaticedtea-web1.1
redhaticedtea-web1.1.1
redhaticedtea-web1.1.2
redhaticedtea-web1.1.3
redhaticedtea-web1.1.4
redhaticedtea-web1.1.5
redhaticedtea-web1.1.6
redhaticedtea-web1.2
redhaticedtea-web1.2.1
redhaticedtea-web1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.