Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4515 · published 11 November 2012

CVE-2012-4515: Kde vulnerability

Kde · Kde

Use-after-free vulnerability in khtml/rendering/render_replaced.cpp in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3, when the context menu is shown, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by accessing an iframe when it is being updated.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.4% · top 6.5% CWE-399 · CWE-399

6.8CVSS 2.0 base score

6.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

14References, 4 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Kde Kde

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/51097	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51145	Vendor Advisory
http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html
http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=4f2eb356f1c23444fff2cfe0a7ae10efe303d6d8	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/51097	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51145	Vendor Advisory
http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4515), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.