CVE-2012-4216

high

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gfxFont::GetFontEntry 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.

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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798853

http://secunia.com/advisories/51359

http://secunia.com/advisories/51360

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80189

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16902

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High