Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.18% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-THUNDERBIRD-418963
  • published10 Oct 2012
  • disclosed10 Oct 2012

Introduced: 10 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-4179  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 thunderbird to version 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLCSSUtils::CreateCSSPropertyTxn 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 or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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