HIGH
Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-106)
Published Nov 21, 2012
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.81%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
OR
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.3
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.3
- 5.0
- 6.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 11.0
- 10.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 11.4
- 12.1
- 12.2
- 10
- 11
- 10
- 11
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1482
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1483
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1482
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1482
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1483
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1482
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1482 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1483 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1482 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1482 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1483 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1482 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.81% 0.03814
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03814
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.81% (0.03814) | 89.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.81% (0.03814) | 88.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.45% (0.01446) | 78.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.79% (0.03787) | 79.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.68% (0.01676) | 80.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.14% (0.02141) | 89.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.15% (0.02151) | 87.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 93.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 93.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 82.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (27)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/87598 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-106.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5830 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775228 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877635 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80183 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5830
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5830
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/87598 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-106.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5830 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775228 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877635 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80183 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5830 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5830 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 21, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 5, 2012
Link CVE-2012-5830
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a