CVE-2012-5836

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving the setting of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) properties in conjunction with SVG text.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.35% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16336 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
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://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-94.html 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
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56616 third party advisory vdb entry
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://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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80172 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/87593 vdb entry broken link
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792857 vendor advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5836?
CVE-2012-5836 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5836?
To fix CVE-2012-5836, 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-2012-5836 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-5836 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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