CVE-2012-5836
N/A
Published: November 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
8 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefoxThunderbird
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving the setting of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) properties in conjunction with SVG text.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 17.0
Affected range stops below 17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.14
Affected range stops below 2.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 17.0
Affected range stops below 17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
References (21)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94
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