CVE-2012-0472

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0472
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-25 10:10:17 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 11.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta10 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta11 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta12 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta6 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta7 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta8 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0 beta9 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 7.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 8.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'cairo-dwrite' CVE-2012-0472 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
MFSA 2012-25: Potential memory corruption during font rendering using cairo-dwrite af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Permissions Required
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Permissions Required
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
744480 – (CVE-2012-0472) cairo_dwrite_font_face Memory Corruption Vulnerability [V-49y00m3lf2] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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