CVE-2012-4218

Firefox < 17.0 - Use-After-Free in BuildTextRunsScanner

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the BuildTextRunsScanner::BreakSink::SetBreaks 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.

References (19)

Core 19
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56640
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
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767765
Broken Link 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
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
Broken Link 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
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369

Scores

EPSS 0.0153
EPSS Percentile 81.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (15)
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 5 more
Published Nov 21, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026