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CVE-2012-4213
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEditor::FindNextLeafNode function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and…
High9.3EPSS 6.2%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEditor::FindNextLeafNode function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- USN-1638-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 51370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1638-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1636-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16761 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 51440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1638-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51381 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 56638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 51369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795708 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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