RHSA-2012:1482Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Published
November 20, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (16)

CVE-2012-4201 →CVE-2012-4202 →CVE-2012-4207 →CVE-2012-4209 →CVE-2012-4210 →CVE-2012-4214 →CVE-2012-4215 →CVE-2012-4216 →CVE-2012-5829 →CVE-2012-5830 →CVE-2012-5833 →CVE-2012-5835 →CVE-2012-5839 →CVE-2012-5840 →CVE-2012-5841 →CVE-2012-5842 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-4201 — Mozilla: evalInSanbox location context incorrectly applied (MFSA 2012-93) CVE-2012-4202 — Mozilla: Buffer overflow while rendering GIF images (MFSA 2012-92) CVE-2012-4207 — Mozilla: Improper character decoding in HZ-GB-2312 charset (MFSA 2012-101) CVE-2012-4209 — Mozilla: Frames can shadow top.location (MFSA 2012-103) CVE-2012-4210 — Mozilla: CSS and HTML injection through Style Inspector (MFSA 2012-104) CVE-2012-4214 — Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105) CVE-2012-4215 — Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105) CVE-2012-4216 — Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105) CVE-2012-5829 — Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105) CVE-2012-5830 — Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-106) CVE-2012-5833 — Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-106) CVE-2012-5835 — Mozilla: Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-106) CVE-2012-5839 — Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105) CVE-2012-5840 — Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-105) CVE-2012-5841 — Mozilla: Improper security filtering for cross-origin wrappers (MFSA 2012-100) CVE-2012-5842 — Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:10.0.11) (MFSA 2012-91)

🎯 Affected products141

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (13)