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…

Description

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.

Timeline

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• GLSA-201406-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 56434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2012:1434 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [distro-pkg-dev] 20121107 IcedTea-Web 1.1.7, 1.2.2 and 1.3.1 [security releases] released! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 51220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:1511 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• icedtea-applet-bo(79894) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 51374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1027738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-1625-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:1509 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [distro-pkg-dev] 20130919 IcedTea-Web 1.4.1 released! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 51206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:1524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 62426 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121107 IcedTea-Web CVE-2012-4540 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2012:171 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007960 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/e7970f3da5fe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2012-4540](https://cveledger.app/badge/CVE-2012-4540.svg)](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2012-4540)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 20:42 UTC.