CVE-2012-1954

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsDocument::AdoptNode function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving multiple adoptions and empty documents.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.40% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54578 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2514 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2528 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49963 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-44.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16984 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/83995 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765139
http://secunia.com/advisories/49964 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1954?
CVE-2012-1954 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1954?
To fix CVE-2012-1954, 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-2012-1954 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-1954 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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