VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-4179

HIGH 9.3EPSS 4.73%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLCSSUtils::CreateCSSPropertyTxn function in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 4.73% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-416
Affected: mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird esr · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/seamonkey · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise sdk · suse/linux enterprise server
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51181Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785574Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79157Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16882Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50936Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51181Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.