PT-2012-5099

CVE-2012-3971

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Published

2012-08-28

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Updated

2024-12-12

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CVSS 2.0
10
High
MetricsAV: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.
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Related identifiers
OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1065-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1100-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
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