01 Record
CVE-2012-4512
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-02-08 18:09Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1fcd648b1ec117f881ff4cefa9e48cdb4c99c23b4c3df187ffc6cfadce2e4c28
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.nth-dimension.org.ukhttp://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc
- em386.blogspot.comhttp://em386.blogspot.com/2010/12/webkit-css-type-confusion.html
- archives.neohapsis.comhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6
- quickgit.kde.orghttp://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=a872c8a969a8bd3706253d6ba24088e4f07f3352
- rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1416.html
- rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1418.html
- www.securitytracker.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027709
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51097
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51145