CVE-2012-4185 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4185?

CVE-2012-4185 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 10 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the nsCharTraits::length 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 or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4185?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4185?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2012-4185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fvw4-65jg-8pj2.