CVE-2012-4515 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.44% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-11-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| kde | kde |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Konqueror 4.7.3 - Memory Corruption | 2012-11-01 |
References
- 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
- 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
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