CVE-2012-4248

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Published Aug 12, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:5.1.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4192	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.5% (3.489% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBN
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Amazon Kindle Touch

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 10:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 12, 2012, 5:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 10:41 PM
Reserved: Aug 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 12, 2012, 5:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 PM

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