NVD

CVE-2012-4187 Detail

Modified

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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly manage a certain insPos variable, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and assertion failure) via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56125	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56125	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787493	Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787493	Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16425	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16425	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:42:21 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56125
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787493
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16425

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/10/2020 10:59:59 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.7:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 16.0
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 6112 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.7::::	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.13
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 8010 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7::::::: *cpe:2.3:a:moz	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 16.0
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.7:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.8
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 5845 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.1:::::	Record truncated, showing 500 of 704 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::* 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:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.8
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_sdk:10:sp4::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::vmware::
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50936 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50936 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56125 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56125 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787493 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787493 Issue Tracking
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16425 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16425 Third Party Advisory
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4187
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2012-4187 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:42:21 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 10/21/2024 9:55:03 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 10:45:53 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/10/2020 10:59:59 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/18/2017 9:35:18 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 10/11/2012 11:32:00 AM

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