--- title: "CVE-2012-4551\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4551?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-4551 Publication date 6 November 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables." ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | libunity-webapps | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4551?format=md#patch-details) ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | libunity-webapps | * Upstream: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4551) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4551) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4551) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4551) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1635-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1635-1) + libunity-webapps vulnerability + 21 November 2012 ### Other references *