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.
Published: 2012-08-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3393 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1521-1 IcedTea-Web vulnerabilities
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux Icedtea-web
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.503Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3423

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-07T21:55:01.780

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3423

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3423 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses