CVE-2012-0472

N/A Unknown
Published: April 25, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable Permissions Required
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-25.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53218
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744480
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17067
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/48972
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable Permissions Required
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-25.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53218
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744480
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17067
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.1%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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