CVE-2012-3423 describes a denial-of-service, information disclosure, or arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the IcedTea-Web plugin prior to version 1.2.1, affecting Red Hat IcedTea-Web. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.5, can be exploited remotely without authentication by crafting a malicious Java applet that mishandles NPVariant NPStrings lacking NUL terminators. While the vulnerability is significant, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea-web:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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