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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-4214

CVE-2012-4214

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditorState::PrepareEditor function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5840.

Affected products

25
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <17.0
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <2.14
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <17.0
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=10.0,<10.0.11
  • 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:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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