CVE-2012-5830

High

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability 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 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedNov 21, 2012
First seenNov 21, 2012

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox17.0, 10.0.11 or later
  • mozilla seamonkey2.14 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird17.0 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr10.0.11 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 17.0, 10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1117.0, 10.0.11
mozilla seamonkeyv < 2.142.14
mozilla thunderbirdv < 17.017.0
mozilla thunderbird_esr10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1110.0.11
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus6.3—
redhat enterprise_linux_server5.0, 6.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus6.3—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0, 6.0—
suse suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—
opensuse opensuse11.4, 12.1, 12.2—
suse suse_linux_enterprise_desktop10, 11—
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server10, 11—

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CVE-2012-5830 · Mozilla Firefox · Dark Radar