Published: 21/11/2012 Updated: 14/08/2020

CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

VMScore: 828

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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent function in Mozilla Firefox prior to 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x prior to 10.0.11, Thunderbird prior to 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x prior to 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey prior to 2.14 allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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mozilla firefox
mozilla firefox esr
mozilla seamonkey
mozilla thunderbird
mozilla thunderbird esr
opensuse opensuse 11.4
opensuse opensuse 12.1
opensuse opensuse 12.2
suse linux enterprise desktop 10
suse linux enterprise desktop 11
suse linux enterprise server 10
suse linux enterprise server 11
suse linux enterprise software development kit 10
suse linux enterprise software development kit 11
redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise linux eus 6.3
redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu linux 11.10
canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu linux 12.10
debian debian linux 6.0
debian debian linux 7.0

Synopsis Critical: firefox security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Critical Topic Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact Common Vulner ...

Synopsis Critical: thunderbird security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Critical Topic An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact Co ...

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Iceape, the Debian Internet suite based on Mozilla Seamonkey: CVE-2012-5829 Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent function could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code CVE-2012-5842 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine could allow remote attack ...

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Iceweasel, the Debian web browser based on Mozilla Firefox: CVE-2012-5829 Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent function could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code CVE-2012-5842 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine could allow remote attacker ...

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-02 Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer Announced January 8, 2013 Reporter Abhishek Arya Impact Critical Products Firefox, Firefox ESR, SeaMonkey, ...

This update provides compatible ubufox packages for the latest Firefox ...

Several security issues were fixed in Firefox ...

Regressions were introduced in the last Firefox update ...

Multiple security issues were fixed in Thunderbird ...

USN-1681-1 introduced a regression in Firefox ...

Several security issues were fixed in Firefox ...

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird ...

CWE-787 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792305 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-02.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-1 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-4 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56636 http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 http://osvdb.org/87608 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80195 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16849 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1482 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1638-2/https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-2584

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