CVE-2012-5830

8.8 HIGH
Published: November 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87598
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-106.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775228
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80183
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87598
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-106.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775228
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80183
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

46 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

Affected Vendors

suse apple redhat opensuse canonical mozilla

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