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CVE-2012-4187

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 6.84%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-10-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. It affects Firefox. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2012-4187
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.84%
Firefox

Original NVD Description

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 do not properly manage a certain insPos variable, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and assertion failure) via unspecified vectors.