Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2012-4188

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Convolve3x3 function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execut…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.525 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • 50904 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • 50984 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • 50935 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • 50856 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • DSA-2565 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
  • 50892 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • DSA-2572 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
  • RHSA-2012:1351 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
  • 50936 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4188?
CVE-2012-4188 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-10-10.
Is CVE-2012-4188 known to be exploited?
9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.