CVE-2012-5839
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution via Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
Heap-based buffer overflow in the gfxShapedWord::CompressedGlyph::IsClusterStart 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 (27)
Core 27
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16968
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
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80196
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
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
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/87607
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
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-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
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=804927
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56637
Scores
EPSS
0.0283
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (24)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.10
mozilla/firefox
< 10.0.11
mozilla/seamonkey
< 2.14
mozilla/thunderbird
< 17.0
mozilla/thunderbird_esr
< 10.0.11
opensuse/opensuse
11.4
opensuse/opensuse
12.1
... and 14 more
Published
Nov 21, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026