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CVE-2012-5842

Published: Nov 21, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5842
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine 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 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*10.0.11 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla*17.0 (excluding)
SeamonkeyMozilla*2.14 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*17.0 (excluding)
Thunderbird_esrMozilla*10.0.11 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntuoneiric*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntuquantal*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntulucid*
SeamonkeyUbuntuoneiric*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhardy*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntuoneiric*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntuquantal*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntuhardy*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntulucid*

References

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