CVE-2012-0463

N/A Unknown
Published: March 14, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The nsWindow implementation in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 does not check the validity of an instance after event dispatching, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Mobile Firefox on Android.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-19.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52466
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688208
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15143
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-19.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52466
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688208
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15143
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.1%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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