CVE-2012-6636
The Android API before 17 does not properly restrict the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, which allows remote attackers to execute…
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- mitre
Description
The Android API before 17 does not properly restrict the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary methods of Java objects by using the Java Reflection API within crafted JavaScript code that is loaded into the WebView component in an application targeted to API level 16 or earlier, a related issue to CVE-2013-4710.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.7% · top 1.4% 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140207 Re: CVE request: multiple issues in Apache Cordova/PhoneGap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://50.56.33.56/blog/?p=314 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html#JELLY_BEAN_MR1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#addJavascriptInterface%28java.lang.Object%2C%20java.lang.String%29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVN#62161191 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_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)
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