CVE-2012-4180

Firefox < 16.0 - Remote Code Execution via Heap-Based Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace 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 via unspecified vectors.

References (20)

Core 20
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/86099
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785720
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51181
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79158

Scores

EPSS 0.0949
EPSS Percentile 92.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (21)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
debian/debian_linux 6.0
mozilla/firefox < 10.0.8
mozilla/seamonkey < 2.13
mozilla/thunderbird < 16.0
mozilla/thunderbird_esr < 10.0.8
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
... and 11 more
Published Oct 10, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026