CVE-2012-4248
The Amazon Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 does not properly restrict access to the libkindleplugin.so NPAPI plugin interface, which might allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors involving the (1) dev.log, (2) lipc.set, (3) lipc.get,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Amazon Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 does not properly restrict access to the libkindleplugin.so NPAPI plugin interface, which might allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors involving the (1) dev.log, (2) lipc.set, (3) lipc.get, or (4) todo.scheduleItems method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4249.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.49% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- amazon/kindle touch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBN
- http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBN
- http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.