Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-4187
CVE-2012-4187
Description
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 do not properly manage a certain insPos variable, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and assertion failure) via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
21cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
15- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50856nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50892nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50904nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50935nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50936nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/50984nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/55318nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56125nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16425nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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