CVE-2012-4185

Firefox < 16.0 - Remote Code Execution via nsCharTraits::length Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Buffer overflow in the nsCharTraits::length 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.

References (17)

Core 17
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 third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/86116
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785753
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79162
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56127
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

Scores

EPSS 0.0522
EPSS Percentile 90.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (20)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
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
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
... and 10 more
Published Oct 10, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026