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Vulnerability details: VCID-stzy-45fv-mbdj
Vulnerability ID VCID-stzy-45fv-mbdj
Aliases CVE-2012-4540
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
epss 0.01487 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4540
Reference id Reference type URL
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
692608 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692608
869040 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869040
GLSA-201406-32 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-32
RHSA-2012:1434 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1434
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.81369
EPSS Score 0.01487
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:38:51.507965+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0