Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-4248
CVE-2012-4248
Description
The Amazon Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 does not properly restrict access to the libkindleplugin.so NPAPI plugin interface, which might allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors involving the (1) dev.log, (2) lipc.set, (3) lipc.get, or (4) todo.scheduleItems method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4249.
Affected products
2cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.1.1
- cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656nvdUS Government Resource
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBNnvd
- www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.phpnvd
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