CVE-2012-4249

Critical

Description

The Amazon Lab126 com.lab126.system sendEvent implementation on the Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string, as demonstrated by using lipc-set-prop to set an LIPC property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4248.

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
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_touch5.1.0, 5.1.1—

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