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CVE-2012-5839

Date: November 21, 2012

Heap-based buffer overflow in the gfxShapedWord::CompressedGlyph::IsClusterStart function 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Severity Score

8.1

Related Resources (31)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5839

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51370

Url: http://osvdb.org/87607

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=804927

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51359

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51434

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1

Url: http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51439

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5839

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56637

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51360

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51381

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51440

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51369

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80196

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5839

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16968

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5839

Severity Score

8.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	9.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2012-5839

Date: November 21, 2012

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