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title: "CVE-2012-4180\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4180

Publication date 9 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLEditor::IsPrevCharInNodeWhitespace
function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8,
Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey
before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
unspecified vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| seamonkey | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4180)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4180)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4180)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4180)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1600-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1600-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 9 October 2012

+ [USN-1611-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1611-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 12 October 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4180>