icedtea-web: incorrect handling of not 0-terminated strings
Published Aug 7, 2012
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.17%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.2
- 1.0
- 1.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
icedtea-web-0:1.2.1-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1132
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | icedtea-web-0:1.2.1-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1132 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.17% (0.06172) | 93.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.17% (0.06172) | 92.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.48% (0.02475) | 83.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.98% (0.04981) | 82.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01843) | 81.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 11.31% (0.11307) | 95.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 20, 2024 | 25.76% (0.25760) | 96.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 19.18% (0.19177) | 96.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2024 | 10.86% (0.10862) | 94.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.56% (0.09562) | 93.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50089 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3423 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841345 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3423
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3423
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