VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-4215

HIGH 9.3EPSS 6.07%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.07%). 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 nsPlaintextEditor::FireClipboardEvent function 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 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: 6.07% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-416
Affected: mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/thunderbird esr · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56633Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798677Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80188Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16690Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

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