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CVE-2012-4216
Use-after-free vulnerability in the gfxFont::GetFontEntry function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 6.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the gfxFont::GetFontEntry function 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
29
- firefox-getfontentry-code-exec(80189) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-1638-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 51370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1638-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 87609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- USN-1636-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1483 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 56634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1482 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 51434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798853 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1638-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51359 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51381 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-2583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 51369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-105.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51360 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2588 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-4160 (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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