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

CVE-2012-4185

CVE-2012-4185

Description

Buffer overflow in the nsCharTraits::length 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 or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.13
    • (no CPE)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: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-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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