Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2012-4202
Heap-based buffer overflow in the image::RasterImage::DrawFrameTo function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image.
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: 0.111 (95.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.111 · newest: 0.111 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.10, 12.04
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
- 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
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-92.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/51370 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-4202?
- CVE-2012-4202 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. Published 2012-11-21.
- Is CVE-2012-4202 known to be exploited?
- 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.