CVE-2012-4204

high

Description

The str_unescape function in the JavaScript engine 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 (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

References

Advisories
More

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16766

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/51440

http://secunia.com/advisories/51439

http://secunia.com/advisories/51434

http://secunia.com/advisories/51381

http://secunia.com/advisories/51370

http://secunia.com/advisories/51369

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-96.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-21

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02179