CVE-2012-4217

Severity Score

9.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsViewManager::ProcessPendingUpdates function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Uso después de liberación en la función BnsViewManager::ProcessPendingUpdates en Mozilla Firefox antes de v17.0, Thunderbird antes de v17.0 y SeaMonkey antes de v2.14 permite a los atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario o causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria dinámica) a través de vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 9.3

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
2012-11-21 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2024-10-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56639	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16958	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802902	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html	2020-08-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html	2020-08-13
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2	2020-08-13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3	2020-08-13

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"				< 17.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 17.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				< 2.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " < 2.14"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 17.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 17.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				< 10.0.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version " < 10.0.11"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.4 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.4"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.2"		-		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"		sp2		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"		sp2		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"		sp2, vmware		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "10"		sp4		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "11"		sp2		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"				11.10 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
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.10"		-		Affected