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 :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:38 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
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-2012-1953.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
http://osvdb.org/83998
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-44.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54578
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765218
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16894
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
http://osvdb.org/83998
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-44.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54578
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765218
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16894

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/83998
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-44.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54578
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765218
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16894
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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.

1.72 }} -2.51%

score

0.80712

percentile

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