CVE-2012-1973 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the nsObjectLoadingContent::LoadObject function affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, including their ESR versions. 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 is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.