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FKIE_CVE-2012-4191

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-12 10:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
The 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/86125Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50929Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798045Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79209Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16719Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/86125Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50929Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798045Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79209Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16719Third Party Advisory

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