CVE-2012-5840

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
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87606 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56635 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805287 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80190 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16904 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2012-11-21 12:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16


NVD link : CVE-2012-5840

Mitre link : CVE-2012-5840

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5840


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • firefox_esr
  • thunderbird
  • thunderbird_esr
  • seamonkey

opensuse

  • opensuse

suse

  • linux_enterprise_desktop
  • linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
  • linux_enterprise_server

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_eus
  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
CWE
CWE-416

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