CVE-2012-1940

N/A Unknown
Published: June 05, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsFrameList::FirstChild function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by changing the size of a container of absolutely positioned elements in a column.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0710.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0715.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2488
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2489
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2499
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-40.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53794
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747688
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17054
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0710.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0715.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2488
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2489
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2499
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-40.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53794
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747688
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17054
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.5%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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