CVE-2012-4191

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4191
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-12 10:44:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-14 17:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe mozilla::net::FailDelayManager::Lookup function in the WebSockets implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1, Thunderbird before 16.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1611-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
798045 – (CVE-2012-4191) crash in mozilla::net::FailDelayManager::Lookup CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
MFSA 2012-88: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:16.0.1) CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
USN-1608-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
86125 OSVDB osvdb.org Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690312 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mozilla (6e5a9afd-12d3-11e2-b47d-c8600054b392)
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