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MFSA2012-52 Firefox: JSDependentString::undepend string conversion results in memory corruption (CVE-2012-1962)

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MFSA2012-52 Firefox: JSDependentString::undepend string conversion results in memory corruption (CVE-2012-1962)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/17/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/19/2012
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the JSDependentString::undepend function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving strings with multiple dependencies.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-10_0_6
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-14_0

References

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