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CVE-2012-4515

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4515 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Konqueror (KDE 4.7.3) within the khtml/rendering/render_replaced.cpp component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by manipulating an iframe during context menu display and updates. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network-based attacks, medium complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, an exploit for memory corruption in Konqueror 4.7.3 is available on ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22406 · Nov 1, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0644 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4515Important

kdelibs: Use-after-free when context menu being used whilst the document DOM is being changed from within JavaScript

Oct 30, 2012

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
quickgit.kde.org / index.php
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/51097
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51145
Vendor Advisory
nth-dimension.org.uk / pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6