Resource management error in KDE - CVE-2012-4515
Published: November 11, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43347
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4515
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: KDE.org
Affected software:
KDE
KDE
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Use-after-free vulnerability in khtml/rendering/render_replaced.cpp in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3, when the context menu is shown, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by accessing an iframe when it is being updated.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4515
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
- http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
- http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6