6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-3422
IcedTea-Web Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution (Uninitialized Pointer)
Description

The getFirstInTableInstance function in the IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.1 returns an uninitialized pointer when the instance_to_id_map hash is empty, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, which causes an uninitialized memory location to be read.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 7, 2012, 9:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:40 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-3422 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat icedtea-web
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-3422.

URL Resource
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
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-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50089 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840592
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
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-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50089 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840592

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/50089
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840592
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.73 }} 0.34%

score

0.90252

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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