CVE-2012-1970

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.87% Top 30%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758408 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-57.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745158 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55266 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778765 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16910 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775206 issue tracking vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777806 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764176 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761831 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1970?
CVE-2012-1970 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1970?
To fix CVE-2012-1970, 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-2012-1970 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-1970 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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