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CVE-2012-4191

N/A
Published: October 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefoxThunderbird

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

The mozilla::net::FailDelayManager::Lookup function in the WebSockets implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1, Thunderbird before 16.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly 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%
10.0411.0411.1012.04
Firefox· Mozilla
95%
v < 16.0.1
Affected range stops below 16.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Seamonkey· Mozilla
95%
v < 2.13.1
Affected range stops below 2.13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Thunderbird· Mozilla
95%
v < 16.0.1
Affected range stops below 16.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (11)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/86125
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50929
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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