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CVE-2012-0444 json

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly…

published 2012-02-01 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0476

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.8%
EPSS 7.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize nsChildView data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Ogg Vorbis file.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 3.6.26, 10.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.7
  • mozilla thunderbird 3.1.18, 10.0
  • libvorbis Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.2-1.2
  • libvorbisidec Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.2+svn18153-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0444

  • firefox RHEL 4 3.6.26-2.el4
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.6.26-1.el5_7
  • firefox RHEL 6 3.6.26-1.el6_2
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 1.9.2.26-1.el5_7
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2
  • libvorbis RHEL 4 1:1.1.0-4.el4.5
  • libvorbis RHEL 5 1:1.1.2-3.el5_7.6
  • libvorbis RHEL 6 1:1.2.3-4.el6_2.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0079RHSA-2012:0136

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • libvorbis openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.5-2.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10024-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-0444 updated cvss 4.6

Firefox: Ogg Vorbis Decoding Memory Corruption (MFSA 2012-07)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 3.6.26-1.el5_7, libvorbis 1.1.2-3.el5_7.6, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el5_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 3.6.26-2.el4, libvorbis 1.1.0-4.el4.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 3.6.26-1.el5_7, libvorbis 1.1.2-3.el5_7.6, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el5_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 3.6.26-1.el6_2, libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 3.6.26-2.el4, libvorbis 1.1.0-4.el4.5
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 3.6.26-2.el4, libvorbis 1.1.0-4.el4.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0079
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0136
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 3.6.26-1.el6_2, libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 3.6.26-1.el6_2, libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 3.6.26-1.el6_2, libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) libvorbis 1.2.3-4.el6_2.1, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 3.6.26-2.el4, libvorbis 1.1.0-4.el4.5
    +1 more products
    Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libvorbis 1.1.2-3.el5_7.6, xulrunner 1.9.2.26-1.el5_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0079

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Exploit prediction

7.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719612 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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