VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-4551
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables."
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.95%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.95%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in libunity-webapps before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, related to "certain hash tables."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.95% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- ps project management team/libunity-webapps
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~webapps/libunity-webapps/trunk/revision/815
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56314
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1635-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libunity-webapps/%2Bbug/1068495
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~webapps/libunity-webapps/trunk/revision/815
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56314
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1635-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/libunity-webapps/%2Bbug/1068495
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.