Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-3423
CVE-2012-3423
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.2
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <1.2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9nvdExploitPatch
- icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076nvdExploitPatch
- icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50089nvdVendor Advisory
- icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWSnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00004.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00020.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00013.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00032.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00030.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00101.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1132.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1521-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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