CVE-2012-4248

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductAmazon Kindle Touch
PublishedAug 12, 2012
First seenAug 12, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
amazon kindle_touchv ≤ 5.1.1, 5.1.0—

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CVE-2012-4248 · Amazon Kindle Touch · Dark Radar