CVE-2012-4212

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Use-after-free vulnerability in the XPCWrappedNative::Mark function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 1

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XPCWrappedNative::Mark 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.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.0153

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla firefox< 17.0
mozilla seamonkey< 2.14
mozilla thunderbird< 17.0
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
suse linux enterprise software development kitall versions

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

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

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD21 Nov 2012 · 12:55 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-1638-1
usnUSN-1636-1
Show all 6 vendor advisoriesmozilla-mfsaMFSA2012-105

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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/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Broken Link

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http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Broken Link

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56630Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=786142Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15993Third Party Advisory

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