CVE-2012-4420 Information

Description

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) implementation of Java SE 7 as provided by OpenJDK 7 incorrectly initialized integer arrays after memory allocation (in certain circumstances they had nonzero elements right after the allocation). A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55538 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4420 https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7196857 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4420 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78693 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/4

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5