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CVE-2012-1958

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsGlobalWindow::PageHidden function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to focused content.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: 4.0, 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta10, 4.0-beta11, 4.0-beta12, 4.0-beta2 (+29)
• Mozilla Seamonkey: through 2.10; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+62)
• Mozilla Thunderbird: 5.0, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 7.0, 7.0.1 (+11)
• Mozilla Thunderbird ESR: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.0.5

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
• http://osvdb.org/84001
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49992

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