CVE-2012-5830

Publication date 21 November 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
seamonkey 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
thunderbird 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xulrunner-1.9.2 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xulrunner-2.0 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

xulrunner-1.9.2 unmaintained upstream (see README.mozilla for details)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1638-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 21 November 2012
    • USN-1636-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 21 November 2012

Other references