CVE-2012-0444

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.23% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/48043 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48095 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2402 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51753 vdb entry third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14464 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2400 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-07.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2406 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1370-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72858 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719612 issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0444?
CVE-2012-0444 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0444?
To fix CVE-2012-0444, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-0444 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-0444 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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