CVE-2012-1972 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLEditor::CollapseAdjacentTextNodes function affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 15.0/10.0.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through heap memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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