CVE-2012-4512 Information

Description

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.\

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html http://em386.blogspot.com/2010/12/webkit-css-type-confusion.html http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=a872c8a969a8bd3706253d6ba24088e4f07f3352 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1416.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1418.html 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://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027709

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8