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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-4180

CVE-2012-4180

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.8
    • (no CPE)range: <16.0
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <2.13
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.0
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.8
    • (no CPE)range: <16.0
  • 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:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_sdk:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
  • osv-coords2 versions
    < 50.1.0-1.1+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
    • (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1

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