CVE-2012-1954

N/A Unknown

Published: July 18, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsDocument::AdoptNode function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving multiple adoptions and empty documents.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/83995

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49963

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49964

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49965

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49968

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49972

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49977

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49979

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49992

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49993

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49994

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2514

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2528

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-44.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54578

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765139

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16984

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html