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    CVE-2012-4181

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsSMILAnimationController::DoSample function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

    Published:Oct 9, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Oct 10, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.03145
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird Esr
    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 Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
    http://osvdb.org/86100
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56130
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=786111
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79159
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16523
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
    http://osvdb.org/86100
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56130
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=786111
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79159
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16523

    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