PT-2012-5099
CVE-2012-3971
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Published
2012-08-28
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Updated
2024-12-12
Description by
CVSS 2.0
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HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0
Thunderbird versions prior to 15.0
SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.12
Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) Graphite 2 (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption. This is related to the
Silf::readClassMap and Pass::readPass functions.Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0, update to version 15.0 or later.
For Thunderbird versions prior to 15.0, update to version 15.0 or later.
For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.12, update to version 2.12 or later.
As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the
Silf::readClassMap and Pass::readPass functions until a patch is available.Exploitability
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