CVE-2012-4185

Mozilla: Heap memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-86)

Severity Score

9.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer en la función nsCharTraits::length en Mozilla Firefox v16.0, Firefox ESR v10.x antes de v10.0.8, Thunderbird antes de v16.0, Thunderbird ESR v10.x antes de v10.0.8, y SeaMonkey antes de v2.13, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria dinámica) a través de vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-08 CVE Reserved
2012-10-09 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-10-22 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/86116	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56127	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79162	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16009	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html	2020-08-10
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html	2020-08-10
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163	2020-08-10
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.html	2020-08-10
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1	2020-08-10
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785753	2020-08-10
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4185	2012-10-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863626	2012-10-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 10.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 10.0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				< 10.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version " < 10.0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 16.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 16.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 16.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 16.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				< 2.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " < 2.13"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				11.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				11.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		esm		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				6.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "6.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "10"		sp4		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "11"		sp3		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Sdk Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Sdk"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Sdk" and version "10"		sp4		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "10"		sp4		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp3		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp3, vmware		Affected