Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-4187
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionExecute codeDenial of service
Threat overview for CVE-2012-4187
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IPs affected by CVE-2012-4187 341
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4187
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.49%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 90 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2012-4187
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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9.3
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
8.6
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10.0
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2012-4187
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2012-4187
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
USN-1611-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security noticesThird Party Advisory
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16425
Repository / Oval RepositoryThird Party Advisory
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
mandriva.comThird Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56125
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-4187 Heap Memory Corruption VulnerabilityThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1351-1: important: Security update forMailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787493
787493 - (CVE-2012-4187) Crash with ASSERTION: insPos too smallIssue Tracking
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.html
Heap memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer — MozillaVendor Advisory
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
RHSA-2012:1351 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer PortalThird Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2012-4187
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_sdk:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*