CVE-2012-3423
N/A
Published: August 7, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIcedtea Web
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9
- 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-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html
References (18)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWSx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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