Use-after-free vulnerability in the BuildTextRunsScanner::BreakSink::SetBreaks function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4162 Use-after-free vulnerability in the BuildTextRunsScanner::BreakSink::SetBreaks function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1636-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1638-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:07.621Z

Reserved: 2012-08-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4218

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-21T12:55:02.557

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

Link: CVE-2012-4218

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4218 - Bugzilla

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