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CVE-2012-4218

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—

Use-after-free vulnerability in the BuildTextRunsScanner::BreakSink::SetBreaks function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (8)

Canonical — Ubuntu LinuxMozilla — FirefoxMozilla — SeamonkeyMozilla — ThunderbirdOpensuse — OpensuseSuse — Linux Enterprise DesktopSuse — Linux Enterprise ServerSuse — Linux Enterprise Software Development KIT

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