CVE-2012-4204

Firefox < 17.0 - Remote Code Execution via str_unescape Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The str_unescape function in the JavaScript engine 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 (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

References (19)

Core 19
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778603
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/87592
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369

Scores

EPSS 0.0225
EPSS Percentile 84.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (16)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
mozilla/firefox < 17.0
mozilla/seamonkey < 2.14
mozilla/thunderbird < 17.0
opensuse/opensuse 11.4
opensuse/opensuse 12.1
opensuse/opensuse 12.2
... and 6 more
Published Nov 21, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026