CVE-2012-4420

Impact

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) implementation of Java SE 7 as provided by OpenJDK 7 incorrectly initialized integer arrays after memory allocation (in certain circumstances they had nonzero elements right after the allocation). A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55538
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4420
• https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7196857
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4420
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78693
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55538
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4420
• https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7196857
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4420
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78693
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/4