CVE-2012-4180

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Fire

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace 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 via unspecified vectors.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.09485

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EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla firefox< 10.0.8
mozilla thunderbird esr< 10.0.8
mozilla firefox< 16.0
mozilla thunderbird< 16.0
mozilla seamonkey< 2.13
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux eusall versions
Show all 14 affected productsredhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
debian linuxall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise sdkall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD10 Oct 2012 · 05:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1611-1
usnUSN-1600-1
Show all 8 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2012:1351Critical
rhsaRHSA-2012:1350Critical
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2012-85

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/86099Broken Link

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50936Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51181Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785720Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79158Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16428Third Party Advisory

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