CVE-2012-4512

high-risk
Published 2020-02-08

The CSS parser (khtml/css/cssparser.cpp) in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read memory via a crafted font face source, related to "type confusion."

Do I need to act?

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11.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 89% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
22406
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Kde

Affected Vendors

Redhat Kde

References (22)

Broken Link http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
Exploit http://em386.blogspot.com/2010/12/webkit-css-type-confusion.html
Broken Link http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=a872c8a969a8bd370...
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1416.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1418.html
Not Applicable http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
Not Applicable http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
Third Party Advisory http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027709
Broken Link http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
Exploit http://em386.blogspot.com/2010/12/webkit-css-type-confusion.html
Broken Link http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=a872c8a969a8bd370...
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1416.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1418.html
Not Applicable http://secunia.com/advisories/51097
Not Applicable http://secunia.com/advisories/51145
Third Party Advisory http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
and 2 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 12/34 · Low