CVE-2012-4216

Public Exploit

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gfxFont::GetFontEntry 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 or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.39% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80189 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/87609 vdb entry broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56634 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798853 patch exploit vendor advisory issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16902 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-4216?
CVE-2012-4216 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-4216?
To fix CVE-2012-4216, 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-2012-4216 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-4216 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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