CVE-2012-4512 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability with potential memory reading in Konqueror (KDE 4.7.3) due to a type confusion error in its CSS parser when handling crafted font face sources. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) is easily exploitable over a network with user interaction, leading to a crash and possible information disclosure. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, a public proof-of-concept for memory corruption exists on ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.