9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2012-1953
Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CSS Buffer Over-Read and Overflow
Description

The ElementAnimations::EnsureStyleRuleFor function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read, incorrect pointer dereference, and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

INFO

Published Date :

July 18, 2012, 10:26 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 29, 2017, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1953 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

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-2012-1953 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-1953 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]

    Dec. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54578 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49994 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49993 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49979 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49977 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49968 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/83998 [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:16894 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16894 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 18, 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.
Exploit Prediction

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

2.48 }} 0.07%

score

0.90120

percentile

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