6.8

CVE-2012-4540: opensuse Numeric Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2012:1434DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4540DSA-2768-1
Published 11-11-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-4540 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in opensuse. EPSS estimates a 3.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-11-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.44% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
3.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
  • icedtea-web1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2.1 | 1.3
  • icedtea-web< 0:1.2.2-1.el6_3
  • icedtea-web-debuginfo< 0:1.2.2-1.el6_3
  • icedtea-web-javadoc< 0:1.2.2-1.el6_3
Debian1 product
  • icedtea-web< 1.4-3~deb7u2 | < 1.3.1-1
Opensuse1 product

3 vendors · 6 products

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