CVE-2012-0478

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0478
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 texImage2D implementation in the WebGL subsystem 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 does not properly restrict JSVAL_TO_OBJECT casts, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page.

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-264 | 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 5.0.1 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
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MFSA 2012-30: Crash with WebGL content using textImage2D af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird CVE-2012-0478 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
727547 – (CVE-2012-0478) nsIDOMWebGLRenderingContext_Tex{,Sub}Image2D use JSVAL_TO_OBJECT on arbitrary objects af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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