01 Record
CVE-2012-4180
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-10 17:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 370a828d6e60ce1dd8e2570b3c5ee61e02b20d26281c2f3eab2cad4373733274
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com50904http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
- secunia.com50984http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
- secunia.com50935http://secunia.com/advisories/50935
- secunia.com50856http://secunia.com/advisories/50856
- www.debian.orgDSA-2565http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565
- secunia.com50892http://secunia.com/advisories/50892
- www.debian.orgDSA-2572http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1351http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html
- osvdb.org86099http://osvdb.org/86099
- secunia.com50936http://secunia.com/advisories/50936
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785720
- secunia.com51181http://secunia.com/advisories/51181
- secunia.com55318http://secunia.com/advisories/55318
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16428https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16428
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1351http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:163http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1611-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-2569http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2569
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirefox-isprevcharinnode-bo(79158)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79158
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-85.html