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CVE-2012-5842 Detail

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine 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 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.


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Hyperlink 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-91.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56611 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=736537 Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793848 Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802168 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805957 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=809674 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80169 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16573 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5842
NVD Published Date:
11/21/2012
NVD Last Modified:
10/21/2024
Source:
MITRE