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CVE-2012-4514

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4514 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Konqueror, specifically in KDE versions prior to 4.9.3, where a crafted web page can trigger a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a partial denial of service. While an ExploitDB entry for memory corruption in Konqueror 4.7.3 exists, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this specific CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22406 · Nov 1, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0970 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2012-4514Low

(khtml): NULL pointer dereference when trying to reuse a frame with null part

Oct 30, 2012

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
quickgit.kde.org / index.php
bugs.kde.org / show_bug.cgi
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