CVE-2012-4186
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsWaveReader::DecodeAudioData function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- http://osvdb.org/86117
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51181
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785967
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79163
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16193
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