CVE-2012-1973

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsObjectLoadingContent::LoadObject function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

• CWE-416

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdfThird Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773207Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17045Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1211.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2553Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2554Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2556Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-58.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdfThird Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773207Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17045Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 29, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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