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critical 9.3

CVE-2012-0472 json

The cairo-dwrite implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderb…

published 2012-04-25 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0504

cvss
9.3
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 cairo-dwrite implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9, when certain Windows Vista and Windows 7 configurations are used, does not properly restrict font-rendering attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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

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

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-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-2012-0472 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Potential memory corruption during font rendering using cairo-dwrite (MFSA 2012-25)

  • 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

4.07% 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 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/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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