CVE-2012-5840 (GCVE-0-2012-5840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-21 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://osvdb.org/87606 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56635 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805287 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80190 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16904 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://osvdb.org/87606 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56635 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805287 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80190 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16904 Third Party Advisory
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