CVE-2012-5829
published 2012-11-21CVE-2012-5829: Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0…
PriorityP348critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
8.44%
94.4th percentile
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent 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 via unspecified vectors.
Affected
27 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | < 17.0 | 17.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 10.0 < 10.0.11 | 10.0.11 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | < 2.14 | 2.14 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 17.0 | 17.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | >= 10.0 < 10.0.11 | 10.0.11 |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_redhat9.3CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.3CRITICAL
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Ubuntu
Firefox regression
vendor_ubuntu·2013-02-05·CVSS 9.3
[CRITICAL] Firefox regression
Title: Firefox regression
Summary: USN-1681-1 introduced a regression in Firefox.
USN-1681-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. Due to an upstream regression,
Firefox suffered from instabilities when accessing some websites. This
update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats Palmgren, Chiaki Ishikawa, Bill
Gianopoulos, Benoit Jacob, Gary Kwong, Robert O'Callahan, Jesse Ruderman,
and Julian Seward discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-0769, CV
Ubuntu
Firefox regression
vendor_ubuntu·2013-01-22·CVSS 9.3
[CRITICAL] Firefox regression
Title: Firefox regression
Summary: USN-1681-1 introduced a regression in Firefox.
USN-1681-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. Due to an upstream regression,
some translations became unusable after upgrading. This update fixes the
problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats Palmgren, Chiaki Ishikawa, Bill
Gianopoulos, Benoit Jacob, Gary Kwong, Robert O'Callahan, Jesse Ruderman,
and Julian Seward discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-0769, CVE-2013-0749, CV
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2013-01-09·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2013-0769 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.
Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats Palmgren, Chiaki Ishikawa, Bill
Gianopoulos, Benoit Jacob, Gary Kwong, Robert O'Callahan, Jesse Ruderman,
and Julian Seward discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-0769, CVE-2013-0749, CVE-2013-0770)
Abhishek Arya discovered several user-after-free and buffer overflows in
Firefox. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the pr
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2013-01-09·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2013-0769 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
USN-1681-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Thunderbird.
Original advisory details:
Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats Palmgren, Chiaki Ishikawa, Bill
Gianopoulos, Benoit Jacob, Gary Kwong, Robert O'Callahan, Jesse Ruderman,
and Julian Seward discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-0769, CVE-2013-0749, CVE-2013-0770)
Abhishek Arya discovered several user-after-free and buffer
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions
vendor_ubuntu·2012-12-03·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] Firefox regressions
Title: Firefox regressions
Summary: Regressions were introduced in the last Firefox update.
USN-1638-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The new packages introduced
regressions in cookies handling and the User Agent string. This update fixes
the problem.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a bu
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-11-21·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2012-5842 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow while rendering GIF format
images. An attacker could exploit this to possibly execute arbitrary code
as the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-4202)
It was discovered that the evalInSa
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2012-11-21·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2012-5842 [MEDIUM] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Multiple security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight discovered several memory corruption flaws in Thunderbird.
If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript
enabled, an attacker could exploit these to execute arbitrary JavaScript
code within the context of another website or arbitrary code as the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow while rendering GIF format
images. An attacker could exploit this to possibly execute arbitrary code
as the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-4202)
It was discover
Ubuntu
ubufox update
vendor_ubuntu·2012-11-21·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] ubufox update
Title: ubufox update
Summary: This update provides compatible ubufox packages for the latest Firefox.
USN-1638-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an
updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed
Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and
Andrew McCreight discovered multiple memory safety issues affecting
Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an
attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-5842, CVE-2012-5843)
Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow while renderin
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105)
vendor_redhat·2012-11-20·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2012-5829 [CRITICAL] CWE-416 Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105)
Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105)
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent 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 via unspecified vectors.
GHSA
GHSA-5h6m-6wc7-jxv6: Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 17
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2012-5829 [HIGH] CWE-787 GHSA-5h6m-6wc7-jxv6: Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 17
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWindow::OnExposeEvent 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 via unspecified vectors.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2012-11-21
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