Mozilla Firefox Use After Free Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0469)
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-0469
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::indexedDB::IDBKeyRange::cycleCollection::Trace function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to crafted IndexedDB data.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1005072
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1005072 - Mozilla Firefox Use After Free Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0469)
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- mozilla firefox 10.0
- mozilla firefox 10.0.1
- mozilla firefox 10.0.2
- mozilla firefox 11.0
- mozilla firefox 4.0
- mozilla firefox 4.0.1
- mozilla firefox 5.0
- mozilla firefox 5.0.1
- mozilla firefox 6.0
- mozilla firefox 6.0.1
- mozilla firefox 6.0.2
- mozilla firefox 7.0
- mozilla firefox 7.0.1
- mozilla firefox 8.0
- mozilla firefox 8.0.1
- mozilla firefox 9.0
- mozilla firefox 9.0.1
- mozilla firefox_esr 10.0
- mozilla firefox_esr 10.0.1
- mozilla firefox_esr 10.0.2
- mozilla firefox_esr 10.0.3
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.1
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.2
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.3
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.4
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.5
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.6
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.7
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.8
- mozilla seamonkey 1.0.9
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.1
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.10
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.11
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.12
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.13
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.14
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.15
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.16
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.17
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.18
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.19
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.2
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.3
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.4
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.5
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.6
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.7
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.8
- mozilla seamonkey 1.1.9
- mozilla seamonkey 1.5.0.10
- mozilla seamonkey 1.5.0.8
- mozilla seamonkey 1.5.0.9
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.1
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.10
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.11
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.12
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.13
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.14
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.2
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.3
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.4
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.5
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.6
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.7
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.8
- mozilla seamonkey 2.0.9
- mozilla seamonkey 2.1
- mozilla seamonkey 2.2
- mozilla seamonkey 2.3
- mozilla seamonkey 2.3.1
- mozilla seamonkey 2.3.2
- mozilla seamonkey 2.3.3
- mozilla seamonkey 2.4
- mozilla seamonkey 2.4.1
- mozilla seamonkey 2.5
- mozilla seamonkey 2.6
- mozilla seamonkey 2.6.1
- mozilla seamonkey 2.7
- mozilla seamonkey 2.7.1
- mozilla seamonkey 2.7.2
- mozilla seamonkey 2.8
- mozilla seamonkey 2.9
- mozilla thunderbird 10.0
- mozilla thunderbird 10.0.1
- mozilla thunderbird 10.0.2
- mozilla thunderbird 10.0.3
- mozilla thunderbird 10.0.4
- mozilla thunderbird 11.0
- mozilla thunderbird 5.0
- mozilla thunderbird 6.0
- mozilla thunderbird 6.0.1
- mozilla thunderbird 6.0.2
- mozilla thunderbird 7.0
- mozilla thunderbird 7.0.1
- mozilla thunderbird 8.0
- mozilla thunderbird 9.0
- mozilla thunderbird 9.0.1
- mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0
- mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.1
- mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.2
- mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.3
- mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.4
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