CVE-2012-4217: Use After Free
First published: Wed Nov 21 2012(Updated: )
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsViewManager::ProcessPendingUpdates function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | <17.0 | |
| Mozilla SeaMonkey | <2.14 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <17.0 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | <10.0.11 | |
| openSUSE | =11.4 | |
| openSUSE | =12.1 | |
| openSUSE | =12.2 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop with Beagle | =10-sp4 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop with Beagle | =11-sp2 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp4 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp2 | |
| suse linux enterprise server vmware | =11-sp2 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =10-sp4 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =11-sp2 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =11.10 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =12.10 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56639
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802902
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16958
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