CVE-2012-4180
N/A
Published: October 10, 2012 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
13 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 10.0.8v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 10.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.13
Affected range stops below 2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 16.0
Affected range stops below 16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.0.8
Affected range stops below 10.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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