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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1972

CVE-2012-1972

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLEditor::CollapseAdjacentTextNodes 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.

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  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.0
    • (no CPE)range: before 15.0 (Firefox) / before 10.0.7 (Firefox ESR)
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.12
    • (no CPE)range: before 2.12
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.0
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.0,<10.0.7
    • (no CPE)range: before 15.0 (Thunderbird) / before 10.0.7 (Thunderbird ESR)
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • osv-coords3 versions
    < 128.5.1-1.1+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
    • (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
    • (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1

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