CVE - CVE-2012-0463

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-0463	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:52466 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52466 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-19.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688208 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15143 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15143 SECTRACK:1026801 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 SECTRACK:1026803 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 SECTRACK:1026804 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 SECUNIA:48402 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 SECUNIA:48553 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 SECUNIA:48561 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 SECUNIA:48624 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48624 SECUNIA:48629 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:0424 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:0425 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0417 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120109	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120109)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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