{"cve":"CVE-2012-3423","nvd":{"published":"2012-08-07T21:55:01.780","modified":"2026-06-16T23:43:11.693","status":"Modified","description":"The IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.1 does not properly handle NPVariant NPStrings without NUL terminators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), obtain sensitive information from memory, or execute arbitrary code via a crafted Java applet.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=518","http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=863","http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/file/icedtea-web-1.2.1/NEWS","http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d65bd94e0ba9","http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.2/rev/d7375e2a9076"],"products":["redhat:icedtea-web"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3423","score":0.06172,"percentile":0.93493,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}