CVE-2012-4191

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://osvdb.org/86125Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50929Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798045Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79209Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16719Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/86125Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50929Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1608-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798045Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79209Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16719Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 12, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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