7.5
HIGH
CVE-2012-0462
Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

March 14, 2012, 7:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 18, 2018, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0462 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
4 Mozilla seamonkey
5 Mozilla thunderbird_esr
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-0462.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48359
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402
http://secunia.com/advisories/48496
http://secunia.com/advisories/48513
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-19.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699033
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701269
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=705855
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712572
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714590
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718202
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718516
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=720380
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727330
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15012

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0462 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0462 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48359 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15012 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15012 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0462 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0462 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

24.28 }} 3.04%

score

0.96709

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Authentication
Confidentiality
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