CVE-2012-4191

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The mozilla::net::FailDelayManager::Lookup function in the WebSockets implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1, Thunderbird before 16.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

La función mozilla::net::FailDelayManager::Lookup en la implementación de WebSockets en Mozilla Firefox anteriores a v16.0.1, Thunderbird anteriores a v16.0.1, y SeaMonkey anteiores a v2.13.1 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria y caída de la aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar comandos a travésd e vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-08 CVE Reserved
2012-10-12 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/86125	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50929	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79209	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16719	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798045	2020-08-14

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.html	2020-08-14
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1	2020-08-14
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1	2020-08-14

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 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 16.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 16.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				< 2.13.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " < 2.13.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 16.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 16.0.1"		-		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