CVE-2012-6041

medium

Published 2012-11-26 · 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

7.8

Description

Double free vulnerability in GreenBrowser before 6.0.1002, when the keyword search bar (F6) is activated, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted iframe.

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36546 remote windows verified

NCNIPC · 2012-01-12

GreenBrowser 6.0.1002 - Search Bar Short Cut Button Double-Free Remote Memory Corruption

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
morequick	greenbrowser	`{"endIncluding":"6.0.1001"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.