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MFSA2012-40 Firefox: Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer (CVE-2012-1941)

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MFSA2012-40 Firefox: Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer (CVE-2012-1941)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/05/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2012
Modified
01/02/2018

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLReflowState::CalculateHypotheticalBox function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by resizing a window displaying absolutely positioned and relatively positioned elements in nested columns.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-10_0_5
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-13_0

References

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