CVE-2012-5833

Description

The texImage2D implementation in the WebGL subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not properly interact with Mesa drivers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via function calls involving certain values of the level parameter.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.06% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/87581 vdb entry broken link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-106.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56642 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80184 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16748 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785734 issue tracking patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5833?
CVE-2012-5833 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5833?
To fix CVE-2012-5833, 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-2012-5833 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-5833 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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