PT-2012-5259
CVE-2012-4217
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Published
2012-11-20
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 2.0
9.3
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 17.0
Thunderbird versions prior to 17.0
SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.14
Description
A use-after-free issue in the nsViewManager::ProcessPendingUpdates function allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to heap memory corruption via unspecified vectors.
Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 17.0, update to version 17.0 or later.
For Thunderbird versions prior to 17.0, update to version 17.0 or later.
For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.14, update to version 2.14 or later.
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