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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.057 (92.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.057 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-08.html (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72868 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2402 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2400 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14618 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2406 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
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.