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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4248 is rated High Risk (69/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.49%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 2.31% | 3.49% | +1.18% |
| 2 | 2025-09-19 | 1.10% | 2.31% | +1.21% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 1.10% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| amazon | kindle_touch | <= 5.1.1 | cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| amazon | kindle_touch | 5.1.0 | cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |