CVE-2012-3423

N/A Unknown
Published: August 07, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/50089
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/50089
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.2%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

redhat

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