CVE-2012-4512

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4512
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-08 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:26:00 UTC
DescriptionThe CSS parser (khtml/css/cssparser.cpp) in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read memory via a crafted font face source, related to "type confusion."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-843

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kde 4.7.3 All All All
Application Kde Kde 4.7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA51097 - KDE kdelibs Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia MISC secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Pre-advisory for Konqueror 4.7.3 (other versions may be affected) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
kdelibs Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker MISC www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc MISC www.nth-dimension.org.uk Third Party Advisory
865779 – (CVE-2012-4512) CVE-2012-4512 kdelibs: Heap-based buffer overflow when parsing location of a font face source MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Medium risk security flaws in Konqueror MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
quickgit.kde.org/index.php MISC quickgit.kde.org Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
EM_386: WebKit CSS Type Confusion MISC em386.blogspot.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA51145 - Red Hat update for kdelibs - Secunia MISC secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-4512 MISC access.redhat.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html MISC archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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