CVE-2012-4191

critical

Published 2012-10-12 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
12.04	Affected	—
11.10	Affected	—
11.04	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endExcluding":"16.0.1"}`	`16.0.1`
mozilla	seamonkey	`{"endExcluding":"2.13.1"}`	`2.13.1`
mozilla	thunderbird	`{"endExcluding":"16.0.1"}`	`16.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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