First published: Wed Aug 29 2012(Updated: )
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLSelectElement::SubmitNamesValues function 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Firefox | <15.0 | |
Firefox | >=10.0<10.0.7 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | <2.12 | |
Thunderbird | <15.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | >=10.0<10.0.7 | |
openSUSE | =12.2 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =10-sp4 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp2 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp4 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp2 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp2 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =11-sp2 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =5.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS | =6.3 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =5.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.3 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =5.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
Ubuntu | =10.04 | |
Ubuntu | =11.04 | |
Ubuntu | =11.10 | |
Ubuntu | =12.04 | |
Firefox ESR | >=10.0<10.0.7 |
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CVE-2012-1976 is rated as a critical vulnerability due to the potential for remote code execution.
To remediate CVE-2012-1976, upgrade affected applications to the latest versions available, specifically Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and their respective ESR versions.
CVE-2012-1976 affects Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey versions before 2.12, among others.
Yes, CVE-2012-1976 can be exploited remotely, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2012-1976 impacts multiple platforms including various versions of Linux distributions such as openSUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.