CVE-2012-5829

Firefox < 17.0 - Remote Code Execution via Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in nsWindow::OnExposeEvent

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

References (37)

Core 37
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-security-announce/2013-01/msg00006.html
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
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792305
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/87608
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 vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-4
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
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56636
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80195
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588

Scores

EPSS 0.0457
EPSS Percentile 89.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (26)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
debian/debian_linux 6.0
debian/debian_linux 7.0
mozilla/firefox < 17.0
mozilla/seamonkey < 2.14
mozilla/thunderbird < 17.0
mozilla/thunderbird_esr 10.0 - 10.0.11
... and 16 more
Published Nov 21, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026