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    CVE-2012-4212

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the XPCWrappedNative::Mark function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

    Published:Nov 20, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 21, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.02155
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Desktop
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Server
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56630
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=786142
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15993
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56630
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=786142
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15993

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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