CVE-2012-4180

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16428

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79158

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/55318

http://secunia.com/advisories/51181

http://secunia.com/advisories/50984

http://secunia.com/advisories/50936

http://secunia.com/advisories/50935

http://secunia.com/advisories/50904

http://secunia.com/advisories/50892

http://secunia.com/advisories/50856

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-10

Updated: 2020-08-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High