CVE catalog
CVE-2012-3423
icedtea-web: CVE-2012-3423
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.17% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | icedtea-web | sid | 1.8.8-4 | fixed |
| Debian | icedtea-web | forky | 1.8.8-4 | fixed |
| Debian | icedtea-web | trixie | 1.8.8-3 | fixed |
| Debian | icedtea-web | bookworm | 1.8.8-2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | sid | 1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | forky | 1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | trixie | 1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | bookworm | 1.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [icedtea-netx]Fixed
Source package: [icedtea-web]
Details (2)
1.8.8-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · bookworm; dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 12
1.8.8-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · bookworm; dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [icedtea-netx]Fixed
Source package: [icedtea-web]
Details (2)
1.8.8-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 13
1.8.8-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10316-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3423]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3423]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2012/cve-2012-3423.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]