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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-1962 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the JSDependentString::undepend function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving strings with multiple dependencies.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/84004 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-52.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54575 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764296 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16729 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1962
NVD Published Date:
07/18/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE