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Vulnerability details: VCID-87f2-a1zb-7qgp
Vulnerability ID VCID-87f2-a1zb-7qgp
Aliases CVE-2012-4540
Summary heap-based buffer overflow
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.1
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4540
Reference id Reference type URL
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/file/d759ec560073/NEWS
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/596a718be03f
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/e7970f3da5fe
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00071.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00073.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-November/020775.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-September/024750.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1434.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-4540.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4540
http://secunia.com/advisories/51206
http://secunia.com/advisories/51220
http://secunia.com/advisories/51374
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79894
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2768
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:171
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56434
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62426
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027738
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1625-1
692608 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692608
869040 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-4540 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4540
GLSA-201406-32 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-32
RHSA-2012:1434 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1434
USN-1625-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1625-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4540
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.80975
EPSS Score 0.01487
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:07:40.651957+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-wheezy.xml.bz2 38.0.0