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Status published
Critical
CVE-2012-4180
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace function in Mozilla Firefox...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- http://osvdb.org/86099
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16428
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79158
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.html
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Affected Vendor
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firefox, thunderbird esr, thunderbird, seamonkey, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, debian linux, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise sdk, linux enterprise server
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 5.0, 6.0, 6.3, 10, 11
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 10th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.