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FKIE_CVE-2012-5836

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-21 12:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47
Severity
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving the setting of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) properties in conjunction with SVG text.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/87593Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-94.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56616Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792857Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80172Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16336Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/87593Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-94.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56616Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792857Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80172Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16336Third Party Advisory

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:47:25.807",
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}



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