Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2012-0449
Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed XSLT stylesheet that is embedded in a document.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.058 (92.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Opensuse — versions 11.4
- Suse Linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 10, 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 10, 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_software_development_kit — versions 10, 11
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0449?
- CVE-2012-0449 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-02-01.
- Is CVE-2012-0449 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.