Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozSpellChecker::SetCurrentDictionary function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3904 Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozSpellChecker::SetCurrentDictionary function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1548-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1551-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:21:04.035Z

Reserved: 2012-07-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3960

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-29T10:56:40.457

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3960

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3960 - Bugzilla

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