CVE-2012-1971

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1971
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-29 10:56:39 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to garbage collection after certain MethodJIT execution, and unknown other vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 preview_release All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 11.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 12.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 12.0 beta6 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 13.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.21 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.22 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.25 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta10 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta11 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta12 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta6 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta7 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta8 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta9 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 7.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 8.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 alpha1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 alpha2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 alpha3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.8 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.8 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.8 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.8 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.8 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.8 beta6 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.9 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.9 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.9 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 beta All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.7.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
773097 – crash in gfxContext::~gfxContext() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
MFSA 2012-57: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:15.0/ rv:10.0.7) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
753162 – "Assertion failure: cx->compartment == this" with document.write during DOMAttrModified af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
USN-1548-2: Firefox regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
779849 – Flash Plugin related Assertion failure: false (compartment mismatched) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
749039 – Assertion failure: addr % Cell::CellSize == 0, at ../../jsgc.h:859 or Crash [@ js::gc::Cell::compartment] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
752038 – "ASSERTION: wrapper already in new scope!" with location.hash, document.open af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1167-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
732870 – "ASSERTION: Weird scope returned" with document.write twice, dataset, adoptNode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
765936 – IndexedDB wrapper behavior is still totally broken af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
USN-1548-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
719750 – Assertion failure: [infer failure] Missing type pushed 0: int with destructuring assignment af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
754150 – Assertion failure: IsMarkedOrAllocated(static_cast<Cell *>(thing)), at js/src/jsgc.cpp:4399 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
780712 – Crash [@ JSC::Yarr::execute] or [@ js::RegExpShared::execute] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
754242 – Assertion failure: incBitmap.isMarked(cell, BLACK), at jsgc.cpp:3125 Crash [@ js::HeapPtr<js::BaseShape, unsigned int>::operator] or Crash [@ getCode] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
752087 – Crash [@ js::GetObjectClass(JSObject const *)] | [@ nsXPConnect::GetNativeOfWrapper] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
748119 - Assertion failure: IsMarkedOrAllocated(static_cast<Cell *>(*thingp)), at jsgc.cpp:4284 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
730208 – Hunt down black -> gray edges in the JS heap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.xerox.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1157-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
755916 – Assertion failure: enumerators == cx->enumerators, af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
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