Vulnerability CVE-2012-4512
Published: 2020-02-08

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."

Type:

CWE-843

 (Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
KDE -> KDE 

 References:
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
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