FKIE_CVE-2012-5830
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-21 12:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47
Severity
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | seamonkey | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | * | |
| apple | mac_os_x | - | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 6.3 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 6.3 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.4 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.1 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.2 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 10 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11 |
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