Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-5840
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditorState::PrepareEditor 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4214.
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionExecute codeDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5840
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 1.62%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 86 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2012-5840
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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9.3
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
8.6
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10.0
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2012-5840
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Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
References for CVE-2012-5840
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html
Vendor Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56635
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
Third Party Advisory
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml
Broken Link
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173
Third Party Advisory
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16904
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
Third Party Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80190
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805287
Exploit;Issue Tracking;Patch;Vendor Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2012-5840
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*