CVE catalog
CVE-2012-4540
icedtea-web: CVE-2012-4540
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.44% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
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 | 1.3.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [692608] |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | forky | 1.3.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [692608] |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | trixie | 1.3.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [692608] |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | bookworm | 1.3.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [692608] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [icedtea-netx]Fixed
Source package: [icedtea-web]
Details (2)
1.8.8-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.1-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · bookworm; dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 12
1.8.8-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.1-1dsa · 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:
1.3.1-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 13
1.8.8-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.1-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1434]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10316-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4540]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-2768-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4540]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]