CVE-2012-4540

Publication date 7 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
icedtea-web	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1.3-1ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.2-2ubuntu1.3
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 1.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.4
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.2-2ubuntu0.10.04.3
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
icedtea-web	Upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f Upstream: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/e7970f3da5fe

CVE-2012-4540

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