Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2012-0472
The cairo-dwrite implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9, when certain Windows Vista and Windows 7 configurations are used, does not properly restrict font-rendering attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.042 (89.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 5.0
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 5.0, 6.0, 6.0.1
- Mozilla Thunderbird_esr — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)