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CVE-2012-0456: mozilla firefox

Modified
Published 14-03-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-0456 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.56%
0%100%
Low · -0.10 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 3
DSA-2433-1DSA-2437-1DSA-2458-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Timeline

  1. 14-03-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The SVG Filters implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.10 pp

From 2.66% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Mozilla4 products
  • firefox≤ 3.6.27 | ≥ 4.0, ≤ 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0.1 | 10.0.2
  • seamonkeyna | 1.0 | 1.0:alpha | 1.0:beta | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1:alpha | 1.1:beta | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.1.18 | 1.1.19 | 1.5.0.8 | 1.5.0.9 | 1.5.0.10 | 2.0 | 2.0:alpha_1 | 2.0:alpha_2 | 2.0:alpha_3 | 2.0:beta_1 | 2.0:beta_2 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.0.12 | 2.0.13 | 2.0.14 | 2.1 | 2.1:alpha1 | 2.1:alpha2 | 2.1:alpha3 | 2.1:beta1 | 2.1:beta2 | 2.1:beta3 | 2.1:rc1 | 2.1:rc2 | 2.2 | 2.2:beta1 | 2.2:beta2 | 2.2:beta3 | 2.3 | 2.3:beta1 | 2.3:beta2 | 2.3:beta3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.4 | 2.4:beta1 | 2.4:beta2 | 2.4:beta3 | 2.4.1 | 2.5 | 2.5:beta1 | 2.5:beta2 | 2.5:beta3 | 2.5:beta4 | 2.6 | 2.6:beta1 | 2.6:beta2 | 2.6:beta3 | 2.6:beta4 | 2.6.1 | 2.7 | 2.7:beta1 | 2.7:beta2 | 2.7:beta3 | 2.7:beta4 | 2.7:beta5 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.2
  • thunderbird≥ 1.0, ≤ 3.1.19 | > 5.0, ≤ 10.0
  • thunderbird_esr10.0 | 10.0.1 | 10.0.2

1 vendor · 4 products

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