Unscored severity · published Oct 10, 2012
CVE-2012-4185
Buffer overflow in the nsCharTraits::length 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,…
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CVSS
8.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the nsCharTraits::length 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 or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 10.0.8; before 16.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
6.3 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10; 11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Sdk · Suse
10 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10; 11; 11 · source: NVD
SE
Seamonkey · Mozilla
before 2.13 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 16.0 · source: NVD
TE
Thunderbird Esr · Mozilla
before 10.0.8 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
10.04; 11.04; 11.10; 12.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4185
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4185
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/86116
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
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