CVE-2012-5840
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-21 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:21
Severity ?
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditorState::PrepareEditor function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4214.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/87606Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51359Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51360Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56635Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805287Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80190Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16904Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/87606Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51359Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51360Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56635Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805287Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80190Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16904Third Party Advisory
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