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CVE-2012-3423
The IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.1 does not properly handle NPVariant...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50089
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518
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icedtea-web
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0, 1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 7th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.