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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2012-0463 Detail

Description

The nsWindow implementation in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 does not check the validity of an instance after event dispatching, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Mobile Firefox on Android.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-19.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52466 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688208 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15143 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0463
NVD Published Date:
03/14/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE