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 execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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: 0.147 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.147 · newest: 0.147 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.04, 11.10
- Debian Linux — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/50904 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/50984 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/50935 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/50856 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2565 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/50892 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2572 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/50936 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-86.html (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.