CVE-2012-1971 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engines of Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 15.0 and 2.12 respectively. These flaws, particularly related to garbage collection after MethodJIT execution, could lead to denial of service through memory corruption and application crashes, or potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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