CVE-2012-4180
Estado: ModificadaAlta (9.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 9.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 9.27%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 95
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (13)
Canonical — Ubuntu LinuxDebian — Debian LinuxMozilla — FirefoxMozilla — SeamonkeyMozilla — ThunderbirdMozilla — Thunderbird ESRRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux EUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux WorkstationSuse — Linux Enterprise DesktopSuse — Linux Enterprise SDKSuse — Linux Enterprise Server
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- http://osvdb.org/86099
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785720
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79158
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16428
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- http://osvdb.org/86099
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785720
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79158
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16428
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