CVE-2012-6636

N/A Unknown
Published: March 03, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The Android API before 17 does not properly restrict the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary methods of Java objects by using the Java Reflection API within crafted JavaScript code that is loaded into the WebView component in an application targeted to API level 16 or earlier, a related issue to CVE-2013-4710.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://50.56.33.56/blog/?p=314
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html#JELLY_BEAN_MR1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#addJavascriptInterface%28java.lang.Object%2C%20java.lang.String%29
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62161191/index.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://50.56.33.56/blog/?p=314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html#JELLY_BEAN_MR1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#addJavascriptInterface%28java.lang.Object%2C%20java.lang.String%29
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN62161191/index.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
76.3%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

google

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