CVE-2012-0470
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsSVGFEDiffuseLightingElement::LightPixel function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x…
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsSVGFEDiffuseLightingElement::LightPixel function 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid gfxImageSurface free operation) or possibly execute arbitrary code by leveraging the use of "different number systems."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.2% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-23.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16989 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734288 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49055 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 48920 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2457 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-2464 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 48972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 53225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 49047 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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