Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2012-0457
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsSMILTimeValueSpec::ConvertBetweenTimeContainer function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SVG animation.
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: 0.066 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.066 · newest: 0.066 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48402 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48624 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14775 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48414 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48359 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0457?
- CVE-2012-0457 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-399. Published 2012-03-14.
- Is CVE-2012-0457 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.