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CVE-2012-4204

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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

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

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

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

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

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

http://osvdb.org/87592

http://secunia.com/advisories/51369

http://secunia.com/advisories/51370

http://secunia.com/advisories/51381

http://secunia.com/advisories/51434

http://secunia.com/advisories/51439

http://secunia.com/advisories/51440

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

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

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

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

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

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778603

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-11-21

Updated: 2020-08-13

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: HIGH

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