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critical 10.0

CVE-2012-0468 json

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allows remote attackers to c…

published 2012-04-25 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0500

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to jsval.h and the js::array_shift function.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 10.0.4-1.el5_8
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 10.0.4-1.el6_2
  • firefox RHEL 5 10.0.4-1.el5_8
  • firefox RHEL 6 10.0.4-1.el6_2
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 10.0.4-1.el5_8
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 10.0.4-1.el6_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0516RHSA-2012:0515

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-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-2012-0468 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:12.0/ rv:10.0.4) (MFSA 2012-20)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 10.0.4-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 10.0.4-1.el5_8, xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el5_8, thunderbird 10.0.4-1.el5_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 10.0.4-1.el6_2, xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el6_2, thunderbird 10.0.4-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 10.0.4-1.el6_2, xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 10.0.4-1.el6_2, xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el6_2
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el6_2, thunderbird 10.0.4-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 10.0.4-1.el6_2, xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el6_2, thunderbird 10.0.4-1.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el6_2 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 10.0.4-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0515
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 10.0.4-1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0516

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Exploit prediction

4.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.