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CVE-2012-6636

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
03/03/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The Android API before 17 does not properly restrict the WebView.addJavascriptInterface method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary methods of Java objects by using the Java Reflection API within crafted JavaScript code that is loaded into the WebView component in an application targeted to API level 16 or earlier, a related issue to CVE-2013-4710.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:android_api:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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