| Name | CVE-2012-4540 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2768-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 692608 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| icedtea-web (PTS) | buster | 1.7.2-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.8.4-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.8.8-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| icedtea-web | source | wheezy | 1.4-3~deb7u2 | DSA-2768-1 | ||
| icedtea-web | source | (unstable) | 1.3.1-1 | 692608 |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/237