CVE-2012-0454

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 on 32-bit Windows 7 platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving use of the file-open dialog in a child window, related to the IUnknown_QueryService function in the Windows shlwapi.dll library.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.91% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14258 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-12.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684555
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0454?
CVE-2012-0454 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0454?
To fix CVE-2012-0454, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-0454 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-0454 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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