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    CVE-2012-3959

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsRangeUpdater::SelAdjDeleteNode function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

    Published:Aug 28, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 29, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.0352
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird Esr
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Desktop
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Server
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55324
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
    http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771994
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16805
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55324
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
    http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771994
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16805

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High